Like everyone I'm totally against racism. It's stupid. Treat people according to their character not where they are from.
At the same time different regions do have their peculiarities. Dutch people are disarmingly to the point, Americans are brash, the Irish a good laugh, the English sinister.
So I went to an interview last week and the bloke doing the technical part was a bob. If he had been from Yorkshire I would have said he was autistic. He asked esoteric closed technical questions with zero body language as to whether I was answering them to his satisfaction. But they seemed to be using completely out of date tech and when gently probed on this he kind of clammed up.
I walked out thinking that I couldn't really work with the bloke. I could just picture the blank face if I tried to get something done that required any kind of gumption.
They offered me the role but I turned it down. I would have done the same for any interview where the team leader came across as gormless but I'm wondering if I should have been more open to different cultures.
Hmmm.....
At the same time different regions do have their peculiarities. Dutch people are disarmingly to the point, Americans are brash, the Irish a good laugh, the English sinister.
So I went to an interview last week and the bloke doing the technical part was a bob. If he had been from Yorkshire I would have said he was autistic. He asked esoteric closed technical questions with zero body language as to whether I was answering them to his satisfaction. But they seemed to be using completely out of date tech and when gently probed on this he kind of clammed up.
I walked out thinking that I couldn't really work with the bloke. I could just picture the blank face if I tried to get something done that required any kind of gumption.
They offered me the role but I turned it down. I would have done the same for any interview where the team leader came across as gormless but I'm wondering if I should have been more open to different cultures.
Hmmm.....
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