Me and 4 of my colleagues have done phone screens at airbnb and I believe they only prefer Chinese candidates. I am American, 2 are Indian, and one is Chinese. The Chinese guy passed even though we got the exact same question and the the interviewer talked to him in Chinese throughout the interview. My code compiled while his didnât, and while I sat through his phone interview, the interviewer was writing code on his pad to make it compile, saying that he will move him forward in Chinese. Long story short, my friends including my Chinese friend believe that they only hire Chinese people. Has anyone had experience in this?
Interviews are too luck driven. Had my fair share of interviewers who didnât want to be there and fail me regardless
True but irrelevant for this specific situation. In OC's case the interviewer was pretty active in helping the Chinese candidate succeed.
âMe and 4 of my colleaguesâ are you indeed American? Btw, you should report to Airbnb HR team.
Nice catch!
Got em!
Search up "software engineer Airbnb" using LinkedIn. It's almost all Chinese.
What exactly do you mean by âI am Americanâ and the interviewer is Chinese?
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What was the question? Highly unlikely that all coworkers were asked the same question. Airbnb does hacker rank most of the time from what I know.
You are American but described the situation like that?
But the same thing happens in Amazon. Indians prefer hiring Indians. Thatâs why Amazon engineering is dominated by Indians.
Google has much more Indians than amazon, look at google ceo and leadership
Thatâs not even close to the truth. Just because leadership is Indian doesnât mean everyone is Indian. Google hiring process is still somewhat meritocratic compared to Amazon hiring process. So the result is a more diverse workforce at Google than Amazon.
Did your code pass the tests? Did his code pass the tests after the interviewer helped with the syntax issue? Compilation isnât as important as getting the right algorithm and having it work or mostly work, so if there were some minor syntax issues, his interviewer may have been willing to help move things along. That sort of thing is left to the discretion of the interviewer. If your friendâs interviewer was indeed biased, then he wonât pass the onsite.
From what I read you haven't got the essence of the intention of the post. How far his friend would make it at the interview is irrelevant. The point being discussed is the bias in the common platform
What I mean to say here is that, given just what OP has written, thereâs no evidence of bias. I need more information.
If any hiring discrimination needs to be highlighted, its white men hiring other white men at CXO levels(because they play golf together?). Check diversity data at CXO levels. Its highly unlikely a white women would ever become CXO, even more unlikely that a male of color would become one. For female of color the drop dips even further. Get over Indian hiring Indian and Chinese hiring Chinese shit.
Opened my eyes to the saps we all are..
During an internship phone screen, I had an Asian interviewer who asked a stupidly complex math question than a coding question. When I solved it, he asked me to do it again without any primitive data types.
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