I think their conversation skills are fine talking with recruiters and HR, simple stuff. But in the tech interview it takes 5x longer to communicate and even then it’s still not very good. Going back to interviewing a native English speaker feels like a turbo boost. Unfortunately trying to explain this to HR opens you up to being accused of racism, so it’s not worth it.
Also you got to think HR has incentive to let it slide to get those cheap workers. It’s sad hearing them talk salary expectations of terrible candidates knowing they’re going to be hired because they want 20k less or whatever.
I’m just sorry for the people the candidate will be working with and the company itself because it’s a net negative for them.
It's my company's problem that the market is flooded with foreign nationals with advanced degrees, who work for less money and have poor English skills?
It's your company's problem that your legally valid hiring opinions are being overridden by other departments to cut costs. Especially when there are tons of American citizen CS grads from non-target schools that would probably take the $20k hit (or even more) to get their foot in the door. Your company is acting absolutely stupid.
Also you got to think HR has incentive to let it slide to get those cheap workers. It’s sad hearing them talk salary expectations of terrible candidates knowing they’re going to be hired because they want 20k less or whatever.
I’m just sorry for the people the candidate will be working with and the company itself because it’s a net negative for them.