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I had a job interview the other day. At a certain point the very professional looking young woman behind the desk ask me if I had any preferred pronouns and what they might be. I told her, "Yes, I have two and you can use them interchangeably, they are God Bless America and Trump Won I never heard back from them So my question is:

Do you think I should change my preferred pronouns?

thanks God Bless America

I had a job interview the other day. At a certain point the very professional looking young woman behind the desk ask me if I had any preferred pronouns and what they might be. I told her, "Yes, I have two and you can use them interchangeably, they are *God Bless America* and *Trump Won* I never heard back from them So my question is: **Do you think I should change my preferred pronouns?** thanks God Bless America

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Piece of advice from a CIO who hires a lot of tech people: don't assume the "very professional looking young woman behind the desk" is speaking on behalf of the company. She may just be a low-level HR functionary interjecting her own politics into the process without approval, and you don't want to miss out on a potential job opportunity OR an opportunity to have her held accountable for not following process.

Suggest instead that you ask for written documentation on what the company's policies are on such things to pressure test whether it is the company or just her. And if the latter, escalate your concern up the chain. You might get her fired.

I know if I found out that one of my HR people did this, I'd fire them on the spot.