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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you are hiring fairly, there is some objective formula that you are measuring each candidate with, correct? That formula aligns pretty closely with the job posting. Not sure how subjective merit is…I suppose it can be when you want to veil your biased hiring decision.[/quote]

Of course it is subjective, how can you objectively determine if someone can do the job, or, more relevant to your question, how can you objectively assess from the interviews/resume that one person can do the job incrementally better than another person? That's what you are saying when you say that it should just be based on merit.

Often there are a couple of people who mostly/completely meet the requirements and mostly/completely meet on fit and you have to pick one. The extent to which they are outside of the typical hire you make (add diversity) can be a factor that tips in favor of one of those people. [/quote]

Without specifics this is meaningless. A car doesn't care what age or race its driver is. A bridge is also indifferent to the people who may use it.[/quote]

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