Western Resource interview questions

After extensive interview in which I aced all but at most one question for over an hour, and despite phenomenal qualifcation, was not invited for second interview, You could smell the racism and likely genderism too. Seems a company more intent on saving its reputation based on the whims of a the day rather than the planet based on the realities of the epoch. The search continues for an enlightened employer who wants to take advantage of my commitment to service over profit and instead of being uptight about race and quotas, just hires the best and does the right thing. Western is not that place, as many others have noted.

I am writing a review here in hopes of change. The interview process was very racist. They repeatedly told me they wanted to make a "diversity" hire and they spent 30% of the interview process talking about what a great job WRA has been doing with DEI. This conversation topic made me feel tokenized. After the final round, they called me to tell me they had selected someone else. They said they had 3 equally qualified candidates so they let the manager select the person she most wanted to befriend. They ended up hiring a white man who had less experience than I did. For an organization of 95%+ white FTE, allowing a manager to choose based on her "cultural preferences" is a perpetuation of racist structures. Instead, they should consider technical questions that would allow them to better differentiate between their final 3 candidates. I hope they will consider this review and change their process.