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      Software Engineer - CYA for Diversity Quota? Interview

      9 Jul 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Sydney
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Atlassian (Sydney)

      Interview

      Got an e-mail from Atlassian HR asking me to apply for an engineering role with their Tooling and Automation team. It had an attached questionnaire, however the e-mail addressed me with a completely different name, albeit suspiciously of the same race/ethinicity as mine. I replied back to reconfirm if the email was sent by mistake.The HR apologized saying it was a "typo". Giving her the benefit of doubt I filled up the questionnaire only to be told a few days later I didn't make the cut. There may be genuine reasons to reject me, however I also suspect Atlassian HR was just trying to meet their diversity quota and the team had probably finalized on the hire or had different hiring plans. Getting rejected is fine - we learn, adapt and move on. Feeling like I was "gamed" by the company to meet their internal diversity quota was very disappointing. Its hard to believe how such a mistake can be made. A "typo" is making spelling mistakes - not addressing someone by a completely different name. Also it seems like the HR was in a massive hurry - trying to fill up a quota - by picking up a list and firing off e-mails.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      A screening questionnaire asking a range of questions on automated tests, test flakiness, etc. eg. "Have you encountered test flakiness in tests? What were common reasons? How would you improve robustness of the tests?"
      Answer question
      3