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CousinIT

(10,801 posts)
Fri Nov 2, 2018, 07:57 PM Nov 2018

How to suss out whether job applicant might be sexist? [View all]

Applicants in question are for a high level IT leader in a higher ed Info Tech dept.

REALLY BAD: This is in the SOUTH and almost entire search committee are white guys except ONE woman.

Leader being hired will lead about 8 people, two women, one of whom is a senior IT person (she says may leave if new leader is a sexist ass).

Yes, it's totally not allowed to ask questions about "Diversity and Inclusion" or sexism of male job applicants when whey will lead a team which includes female analysts.

There must be SOMETHING you can ask to discretely suss it out. Otherwise at least two people will leave the org and morale will be in the shitter.

It needs to be kept legal - is there nothing they can ask to suss out these applicant's attitudes?

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