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How a Blind Audition Doubled the Diversity of New Hires
In this episode of Hiring & Firing with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how a mid-sized tech company eliminated names, schools, and photo from early resume screening and saw the diversity of their interview slate jump from 18% to 41% in one quarter. We walk through the exact process they used — anonymized application forms, a skills-based knockout quiz, and a structured rubric for the first phone screen — and discuss why most companies that try blind hiring abandon it within three months. The hosts also break down a 2024 study from the National Bureau of Economic Research that found blind…
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