My bro been trynna get a new job in tech for years. He’s more than qualified. Should he code switch in the interview?

[#BOTHSIDES]

From my experience, you don’t have to be the best worker. Most companies want to see that you’re a “cultural fit” . That you fit in. “Hey guys! How are you?!” They can train you on the hard skills but soft skills are a different story.

What’s the coli’s take?

 

[ORDER_66]

He should do whatever it takes to get the job within reason...

 

[Jasonmask]

If you black you gotta have a corporate voice. Practice that shyt until you start to speak like that on accident on some sorry to bother you steez

 

[Redwood]

It depends on how authentic he comes across even if he does code switch

 

[Serious]

Cultural fit is definitely a thing

 

[Wink Beaufield]

Tell him to look into federal contracting tech positions.

 

[BobbyWojak]

 

[King Poetic]

Oh yes sir i love watching friends

Oh yes mam theres nothing like showering with my dog

 

[Neo. The Only. The One.]

I speak formal. I dip in and out of formal, and also in and out of ebonics because it's how I was raised. I know how to speak formal when the situation calls for it. But when I'm talking to us, to other black people, I speak ebonics (within reason). I'm not going out of my way to say slang that doesn't come natural to me.

With that being said, if I'm interviewing or talking to folks at my tech job, I talk formal... but I still sound like a brotha.

I'm not about to go out of my way to take the bass out of my voice like David Banner did on CNN that time, or make my voice sound nasally to sound white. I'm a black man. Either they good with that or they not, and I ain't about to try to appease them white folks.

 

[get these nets]

From my experience, you don’t have to be the best worker. Most companies want to see that you’re a “cultural fit” . That you fit in. “Hey guys! How are you?!” They can train you on the hard skills but soft skills are a different story.

What’s the coli’s take?

Unless he changed industries recently, his work experience has been in an environment similar to the ones he is interviewing to join.

The corporate culture in those other places might be slightly different, but perhaps not in the way you think.

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

Tell him to look into federal contracting tech positions.

I’ll let him know. Bro has been interviewing for years…probably gone through +50 interviews. Over 12 years in tech. Bro is more than qualified.

 

[blues_funk_reggae]

 

[The Plug]

 

[Windows 91]

Tell him to look into federal contracting tech positions.

This. Defense contractors are always looking to hire because they need US citizens and can't hire from the hordes of Indian and Chinese tech workers.

 

[#BOTHSIDES]

I speak formal. I dip in and out of formal, and also in and out of ebonics because it's how I was raised. I know how to speak formal when the situation calls for it. But when I'm talking to us, to other black people, I speak ebonics (within reason). I'm not going out of my way to say slang that doesn't come natural to me.

With that being said, if I'm interviewing or talking to folks at my tech job, I talk formal... but I still sound like a brotha.

I'm not about to go out of my way to take the bass out of my voice like David Banner did on CNN that time, or make my voice sound nasally to sound white. I'm a black man. Either they good with that or they not, and I ain't about to try to appease them white folks.

I hear you bro. I work in tech/corporate too. All the blk folks I know don’t Be sayin “on foe nem” “on the dead homies” “on my mama” at least not in the work environment…but the coli thinks you’re a c00n for speaking differently

Any tips?