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by awinter-py 3394 days ago
Ask questions that go to socioeconomic background. 5 decades of sociology research have shown that skin color is a fair proxy for this. College rankings work too.

Newsworthy culture fit problems at e.g. uber could have been solved out of the gate by not hiring those pesky women. They bring the majority of culture-fit litigation.

Sometimes you can't tell if someone is not biologically male just by looking, so consider also supporting anti-trans legislation in your municipality.

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/s, I presume?
You presume wrong.
"consider also supporting anti-trans legislation in your municipality"

Not necessary to distract the company with politics. In this case you should be able to tease out gender with some exploratory locker-room talk.