> > > Remind me to tell you the story about the homophobic fundamentalist
> > > christian I interviewed once who talked himself out of a job...
> >
> OK. I used to work as the programming manager at a health insurance
company
> (a PPO, actually). I was interviewing this guy for a programmering
> position. Everything look very good. His resume was excellent, the
> interview had gone well, I thought that he might be a good fit for the
> company.
>
> At the end of the interview, I always ask: "Do you have any questions?"
>
> He said to me: "I know this might sound a little funny, but do you or any
of
> the companies you cover offer insurance benefits to same-sex partners?"
>
> This surprised me, just a bit. At this point, I started thinking that the
> guy might be gay and was wondering about covering a partner. "Uh, no. I
> know that our company doesn't but I don't know about any of the other
> companies we might cover. Why do you ask?"
>
> "Well," he replied, "I would never want to work at a company that would do
> that sort of thing. But if your company doesn't, that's OK."
>
> At that point, I decided that this guy wasn't a very good fit. I mean
with
> 60+ people on an IT staff, odds are some of them are gay. How would this
> guy fit in if he found something like that out. So I thanked him very
much
> and that was the end of that.
>
> Actually, it was probably for the best. If he had an attitude like that,
he
> and I probably wouldn't have gotten along very well. Hopefully, he got a
> job somewhere else where they have the same sort of attitude.
>
> - jmh
Time for me to be stupid again. How do we get 'homophobic fundamentalist'
from asking if your company 'offers insurance benefits to same-sex
partners'? I agree he stuck his whole leg in his mouth and it was completely
within your power to not hire the person. Without going off the 'what if'
cliffside, there are lots of things he might have said that may not have met
with your views. (Not just homosexuality but other things).
Kevin T.
Just wondering
