&gt;I think the point of that advice is to remind that for an astounding amount of people empathy is not at all a priority!<p>I certainly agree with that;  I personally put effort into appearing less empathetic and less respectful than I normally am when I&#x27;m trying to get a job, just because I am more likely to get the job when I do that;  my theory is that it matches most people&#x27;s heuristics for &quot;confidence&quot;<p>(I mean, there is a cost... I&#x27;d prefer to work at a place that didn&#x27;t value &quot;confidence&quot; -  but not as strongly as I prefer to work.)<p>But yeah.  I&#x27;m pretty sure people who are interviewing have no real interest in empathy or diversity.   Hell, listen to just about anyone talk about &quot;cultural fit&quot;   -  everyone has an idea of what their new employee should look like, and there&#x27;s not a lot of diversity (either in the &#x27;inclusive of protected classes&#x27; sense <i>or</i> the &quot;diversity of thought&quot; sense) in that idea.