u/Agreeable_Spare1502

Today I had a scheduled interview with a recruiter at a large tech company. The interviewer called me and as soon as she heard my voice she got awkwardly quiet. I speak very professional and proper but it's obvious with my voice that I'm black. I can feel the hesitation/shock in the interviewers voice and it made me very uncomfortable. To give better context the interviewer is an Asian lady from San Francisco. I went through the rest of the interview and answered all the questions very well. It wasn't until towards the second half of the interview where she warmed up to me after understanding I'm qualified for the position. Going through this has made me very emotionallyl bitter and hurt that we as black men/women have to over perform just to be considered qualified next to a person that barely fits the qualifications or close to it. It's very exhausting and I needed to vent.