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Can a company not hire me for being a US-born Spanish speaker?

A company asked me where I was born despite giving me a translation test. I’d imagine I did well on the translation test since this question seems to determine whether I’ll get hired or not, or at least whether I’ll continue in the hiring process. They said: “The hiring team asked this question – it is one of the requirements we have for candidates so we would like to confirm that you are native born speaker of Spanish (not US born). I would just like to confirm this.”” I’m not a native speaker of Spanish but I have a masters and part of a PhD in Hispanic linguistics. I’m fluent and the language test should’ve determined if I was suitable for the position. These are the requirements. I’m realizing now that they probably also wanted me to have a degree from a Spanish-speaking country, which I do not have. Edit:…


A company asked me where I was born despite giving me a translation test. I’d imagine I did well on the translation test since this question seems to determine whether I’ll get hired or not, or at least whether I’ll continue in the hiring process.

They said:

“The hiring team asked this question – it is one of the requirements we have for candidates so we would like to confirm that you are native born speaker of Spanish (not US born). I would just like to confirm this.””

I’m not a native speaker of Spanish but I have a masters and part of a PhD in Hispanic linguistics. I’m fluent and the language test should’ve determined if I was suitable for the position.

These are the requirements. I’m realizing now that they probably also wanted me to have a degree from a Spanish-speaking country, which I do not have.

Edit: just realized they changed the requirements because I looked back at a prior screenshot that said “native speaker preferred” and now it says “native speaker required “

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