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by hackinthebochs 3227 days ago
>Equally, if diverting more energy in to finding minority candidates is not lowering the bar for them then why would you need to divert more energy to find them? reply

The point is to find the ones that can pass at a higher rate than you normally would. No bar is lowered, and your representation increases.

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If you search harder for them, the bar is lowered by virtue of letting them be less outstanding / noticeable.
That doesn't follow if they're passing the same hiring process. It's not hard at all to get a contact for a phone screen with Google: I've been contacted by Google recruiters on linkedin with a barely filled out profile with one or two unremarkable positions listed. If you're counting the initial discovery phase as part of the hiring process, you're mistaken.
I believe the memo + followups included claims that the hiring process is not the same either.
If that's the case, then yeah definitely a problem