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How accurate it is with foreigners?

The way to communicate from a country to another is really different, same for the culture, ... How do you integrate the 'foreigner' factor in the evaluation?

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That definitely makes it harder, especially since norms for what is or isn't honest or ethical are far from universal (e.g. what kind of copying is ok and what kind is stealing). This is another reason why it's beneficial to have a culturally diverse team.

I wonder if formal training in, say, anthropology or social psychology, would help as well. Seems unlikely that you can have a dedicated judge of character from every different culture on earth.

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