[sugar and spice]

I think it's fairly obvious that Abercrombie goes for a certain look, to the point where the look is way more important than their job skills. There are a handful of girls from my chapter that work there, or at the A&F-owned Hollister, and all of them said that their job interview consisted of maybe one or two questions that had nothing to do with work experience (One of them was asked "What's your favorite alcoholic drink?" "What's your favorite bar?" and that was the extent of her interview). Basically the job interview was only a formality so that the hiring team could see who was the most attractive. Their interviews were group interviews, and in every case, the most attractive people got hired. And there are plenty of accounts from former A&F workers who claim that their managers told them to "only hire people you would f*ck" and the like.

The thing about their sketchy hiring practices is that, if most interviews are like the ones my sisters had, there's no way that A&F is going to be able to prove they're NOT racist. If very few non-whites are getting hired, and the job interviews don't relate to the job at all, A&F is going to have a very hard time pulling the "But we picked the best person for the job" card.

Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if the allegations were true, given what I know of A&F, but the evidence is inconclusive so far.