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Why did the guy post this on twitter, doesn't he know the kind of reaction it will generate.

Anyway, i think it's fair game to filter out people who ignore the person asking questions, that's pretty abnormal behaviour regardless of gender. No need to for a twitter shitstorm to make that point.

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I felt the same way, what a weird thing to tweet about. In all my years interviewing I have never seen anyone that wouldn't talk (or look at the eyes) of my female coworker when interviewing or elsewhere. I had female managers, directors and CTOs, and I don't recall an instance where the gender of the person were a problem. Looking at the person's twitter profile, he matches the type of those who think that having worked at FAANG or FAANG-like companies gives them some sort of extra credibility or something. I work and have worked at FAANGs and feel like if I have to write a short Bio for myself, the company I work for wouldn't make it there.

If you want my anecdote, I've seen it a lot. I'd suggest asking your managers, directors, CEOs if they've experienced it themselves -- I bet they have and that it happens all the time.

Dismissing this as mere signaling (as others here have) is ironically almost as bad.

Because everyone has experienced being ignored in various settings before. Its a thing that happens regardless of sex or age or color. It doesn’t necessarily mean it was due to some *ism.

`DoneWithAllThat ` said it all. I'm not dismissing anyone's experience, I'm just making an assessment taking into consideration OP and the type of content he publishes, I'm sure there is women that have had that experience, the same way people of color and other minorities have, maybe even white males when the interviewers are all from a certain group. That type of tweet was crafted for attention and virtue signaling as he himself is not a woman(judging by his profile, if he(she) is , my bad), he didn't show an specific case of that happening or denounce it, so is not really anything besides a story(that could be truth or not) where he(and his team) were the good guys.

What sort of specific case evidence could the tweeter provide that would satisfy you? Video with eye tracking?

I can assure you that it's easy to tell when this happens, even with my manly eyes. And yes, of course it happens to everyone, but it happens more to women than to men.

I'm serious, ask your friends and family and coworkers. It'll be eye opening for you.

I have, the interview ended fast.

he thought it would be good social signalling?

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