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I went through interview training and one of the reasons why they’re so adamant that résumés go into an automated parser was to strip photos and other info like that.

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Yeah, on my end reviewing resume or when we did take-homes things like names and photos were always erased to prevent 'bias'

We did interview and hire a lot more women and PoC than other firms I've worked with so I guess it works to some degree

Should you conduct the interview without camera and with a voicechanger?

Some US employers no longer conduct interviews at all for some positions.

That sounds entertaining for the hiring managers.

I imagine firing someone incompetent must be super fun too in that situation.

We can't eliminate all unfair biases, but if we can reduce unfair biases preventing people from even getting to the interview, that's a win.

This starts to sound a little kooky - if there's that much bias going around that we need to play games with hiding info from the interviewers, then how can they work effectively with this person if they can't be trusted?

You can’t.

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