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Culture fit

Whether someone is likely to work well within an organisation's values and ways of working. "Culture add" is the newer idea of hiring people who bring something the culture lacks.

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Strong technically, but they weren't sure about culture fit.

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Used carelessly, "not a culture fit" can hide bias. Ask what specifically was meant.

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