The interviewer uses what are known, with reference to the topic of discrimination, as "code words".
For example, a close friend who was one of the pioneers of the video game industry, one of Atari's very first game designers, once interviewed to be a Games Evangelist for Apple. At the time, Apple had not done anything to promote Macintosh games, at least not for quite a long time.
My friend was dead certain he'd get an offer, but the hiring manager told my friend that he "looked tired" and so would not be suitable for what in reality is a marketing position.
I myself look tired all the time; there's not a whole lot I can do about that. That doesn't mean that I really _am_ tired.
The other way that it's made plainly apparent, is that I talk just like a surfer dude, so I sound quite young over the phone. The way others respond to me over the phone is quite different from the way they speak to me when they see me in person.
For example, a close friend who was one of the pioneers of the video game industry, one of Atari's very first game designers, once interviewed to be a Games Evangelist for Apple. At the time, Apple had not done anything to promote Macintosh games, at least not for quite a long time.
My friend was dead certain he'd get an offer, but the hiring manager told my friend that he "looked tired" and so would not be suitable for what in reality is a marketing position.
I myself look tired all the time; there's not a whole lot I can do about that. That doesn't mean that I really _am_ tired.
The other way that it's made plainly apparent, is that I talk just like a surfer dude, so I sound quite young over the phone. The way others respond to me over the phone is quite different from the way they speak to me when they see me in person.