[carpedimebagjoe]

Also: weight, looks, gender, attire, name, skin color, mannerisms, confidence, positivity/enthusiasm/attitude/energy, and age are definitely biases that will get candidates hired or discarded.

It never clicked to me at the time, but when I was 14-18, I was offered interviews for office jobs nearly everyday where other workers were 25+ and had degrees. At 15, by attending a colloquia at IBM, I was offered a paid dark matter research assistant job, which didn't make any rational sense. I think it was physical attributes and speech bias rather than utility for a particular job.