Tech employees worldwide who think bias affects hiring in their companies 2020

Published by Statista Research Department, Jul 7, 2023
An August 2020 survey of professionals in the tech industry revealed that 45 percent of POC tech employees thought that unconscious bias plays a major role in the interviewing and hiring process at their company. In comparison, only 27 percent of white tech employees thought the same thing.

Share of tech employees who think unconscious bias affects interviewing and hiring in their companies worldwide as of August 2020

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Release date

2020

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

August 2020

Number of respondents

1,207 respondents

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professionals in the tech industry

Supplementary notes

Original question: Do you think unconscious bias plays a major role in the interviewing and hiring processes at your company?
In total, 81 percent of respondents were from North America.

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