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I'm sorry to hear about your experience. I regret that our interviewers arrived late and that our process is long. We are trying to streamline it but, because we believe that hiring is one of the most important things we do, we invest the time necessary to make better decisions.
Mostly, as a female co-founder, I am saddened by your comments about possible gender bias. Gender should never be a factor in a hiring decision and no candidate should feel that it was. In your case, I can say what was shared with you previously: while the position had not been filled at the time you interviewed, the candidate in final round was also female. I’m sorry you got the impression that your gender affected the final outcome in any way.
I do agree with you that there is a gender gap problem generally in Silicon Valley: female engineers constitute less than 15% of total engineering staff and an ever lower percentage of engineering leadership.
To help address the problem, Medallia is hosting an event on deprogramming gender bias in the workplace on Thursday, November 5th at 6pm at our offices. The event will feature an unconscious bias workshop, which provides not only compelling insights but also immediate action steps to make our workplaces more inclusive and diverse. We'll also host a panel discussion with some extraordinary senior engineering leaders: Marianna Tessel (SVP Engineering, Docker), Kaaren Hanson (VP Design, Medallia), Nandini Ramani (VP of Engineering, Twitter), and Keith Winstein (professor of Computer Science, Stanford). Given your passion for this topic, I hope you can join us.
Thank you again for your feedback (and your passion for women in engineering). If you have any additional insights, please email me at amy.pressman@medallia.com.
