> All DEI was doing in the tech world was saying, "try interview at least one woman/ black person etc". Also maybe some training on how to avoid the pitfall in an interview of just hiring someone the same as you.
A lot of people are strongly in favour of this, of course, including me. But are you sure that's all that it was doing?
Kind of yes. This was what it was attempting to do.
Now I must say, in practice. In over 12 years of working in two large multinationals as a "tech interviewer" (That is, once someone went through the management interview and HR interview), I never interviewed a black person or a woman. Anicdotal? Yes. But 12 years is a loooooong time.
Anyway, just literally look around an office, or look at a leadership tree, and you can see for yourself. This isn't hard to demonstrate.
A lot of people are strongly in favour of this, of course, including me. But are you sure that's all that it was doing?