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Full Stack Developer Interview Experience - Zürich, Switzerland

January 17, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

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They portray themselves as an inclusive place, which is very far from the truth.

I am autistic and sometimes struggle to pick the right words to describe my intentions, and I might have issues with intonation, etc. I was open about this with them but also raised that I speak several languages fluently and can perform much more than typical engineers can. Some people would say IT is my obsession; it's my autistic special interest. I spend roughly 3 hours every day after hours reading and doing my own projects.

Their recruiters did not want to process my application and kept ignoring and blocking me without answering anything every time I would reach out. Some of the recruiters would block me as soon as they heard I am autistic. No matter how hard I tried, they did not want to communicate with me or let me explain anything.

They only answered once I requested my application be removed (after half a year of this), but they did not delete my data as requested and kept lying to me, saying it was deleted.

Since I couldn't get the recruiter to communicate normally and at least delete the data, I went to one of their science fairs in Zurich and asked them there if they could at least give me contact details for someone to delete my data, if they insist on being racist. One of their people there told me, quote: "I would like to be the Swiss President. What makes you think an autistic retard can be a Google engineer?" while laughing.

I didn't get any contact details. I don't think I've ever felt so humiliated in my life for being born with a neurological disability.

If you are on the spectrum and you really want to work there, I suggest trying to mask autistic traits; they will discriminate against you if you don't. I know it's difficult and makes us appear less competent than we are, but that's the only way you'll get in.

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