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Kaya Thomas, a 20-year-old software engineer, also wrote a blog post in response to the diversity report, stating that she's getting tired of being overlooked due to her gender and ethnicity. "According to most tech companies, if I can't pass an algorithmic challenge or if I'm not a 'culture fit' I don't belong," she wrote. "Ignoring the fact that underrepresented talent exists shows me that they don't care about diversity and they don't want us working in tech."

 

 

I don't feel why I should need to explain this to her but Facebook gets tens of thousands of applicants per position.Like Google, it is a highly prized position.If you can't pass the algorithmic challange they put out to weed out the weaker applicants then tough.