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>>Once you factor out interview data from both men and women who quit after one or two bad interviews, the disparity goes away entirely.

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Thanks. That still doesn't prove interviewers have no bias. Biased interviewers could play a significant role in why women quit the platform at a higher rate.

And it definitely does not prove that the voice masking worked to hide gender.

There ABSOLUTELY are biased interviewers.

I have personally heard interviewers say:

- a candidate is "too sexy"

- they want "hot, young Java talent"

- you were hired because "you looked good in a suit"

And I've heard interviewers say that they've decided a priori to hire a woman because they need to hit their diversity target otherwise they won't get their end of year bonus. I don't doubt lived experiences that some interviews are biased against women, the question is whether there's bias in aggregate.

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