This isn't just about developers and hiring practices. This is about systemisation and bullshit metrics being used to make opaque and life-changing decisions.
This is about the same kind of shitty thinking that results in surveillance states.
"We can't employ/feed you/let you travel/let you have a mortgage/let you open a bank account, you are Invalid."
"Invalid, what do you mean?"
"We are not allowed to tell invalids why they are invalid. Report for reprocessing."
Edit: Oh, and psych tests are bull. It's pretty obvious what the "right" answers are - so all you actually succeed in doing is filtering the psychopaths in.
Which by the way is the same process you go through for college admissions.
"We're sorry, we can't admit you"
"Why?"
"This email was sent by an automated system. For questions, please send an email to admissions@uni.edu"
OR
"Congratulations, you've been admitted"
"Nice, but I'd like to know for what"
"Well, we decided that way. You're in, why do you care?"
This is about the same kind of shitty thinking that results in surveillance states.
"We can't employ/feed you/let you travel/let you have a mortgage/let you open a bank account, you are Invalid."
"Invalid, what do you mean?"
"We are not allowed to tell invalids why they are invalid. Report for reprocessing."
Edit: Oh, and psych tests are bull. It's pretty obvious what the "right" answers are - so all you actually succeed in doing is filtering the psychopaths in.