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Shi Ling • Edited

When I just graduated from university and was interviewing for a job as a Software Engineer, this happened to me in one interview that disgusted me, it was with an interview panel with 1 man and 4 women:

Male interviewer: Do you have siblings?
Me: Yea, a brother.

Male interviewer: Are you the younger or older sibling?
Me: The younger.

Male interviewer: * Nods head * * Ponders for a bit * So you are a younger sister... you must be a very spoilt child right?
Me (in my head): WTF...
Me: Uh no, I do my household chores, study hard, got a scholarship and did work to earn money.

Needless to say, I refused when they wanted me to come for a second round of interview.

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Gregor Gonzalez

they judge because of that? that's a shame.

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Shi Ling

Yeah, it's sad. I've heard worse from my female friends. Some had this question from interviewers "No boyfriend yet? How come?"... For some reason, in Asia if you are a young women who's unattached, there must be something wrong with you. And this happened in 2016, not 20 years ago. We have a long way to go...

 
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Gregor Gonzalez

oh i read about that somewhere, I didn't think this was so far. Yes, people need to evolve