I interviewed three times in 2014 (applied online), 2017 (referred by a friend), and 2019 (approached by a Shopify recruiter), and always failed in the "life story" interview with a white interviewer.

Technically, my coding, problem-solving, and knowledge were never tested, except for a 45-minute coding challenge that I finished in 20 minutes and received positive feedback on.

I sent a pretty long email to three recruiters I interviewed with, explaining why I think the "life story" interview causes uncaught bias and discrimination (racism?).

One of them bothered to respond (with a pretty detailed explanation of why I was not chosen) but didn't really answer why the life I lived could make me incapable of the job they asked me to do.

What is your life story?