'Culture Fit' as the New 'Need Not Apply'
Kellogg School of Management professor Lauren Rivera argues that companies who hire candidates based on them being a good "culture fit" are simply discriminating under a different name.
Lauren Rivera says an "unstructured" job interview is a free-form conversation where the questions are totally up to the interviewer.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 4, 2015
Unstructured interviews are the most common in the US; answers aren't really tied to past job performance & are hard to judge.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 4, 2015
An HR professional calling in says "likability" is hugely important to getting a job and keeping a job -- even more so than work skills.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 4, 2015
Everyone seems to agree on one point: never, ever respond to "do you have any questions?" at the end of a job interview with "no."
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 4, 2015
Lauren Rivera: The danger of using "cultural fit" for hiring criteria is it can encourage people to discriminate based on ethnicity/gender.
— Brian Lehrer Show (@BrianLehrer) June 4, 2015
Hiring based on how management will get along with you seems prejudiced, like an exclusive club where employee has to fit @BrianLehrer
— Thencasti (@Thencasti) June 4, 2015
