India, Nov. 14 -- An Asian tech worker's anonymous post on TeamBlind has ignited a debate around hiring bias in the tech industry after he claimed he was repeatedly rejected when applying with his real name but received multiple interview calls after switching to an "American" name.

In the post titled "I got rejected with my real name but got 3 invites as an American name", the user wrote that he had been applying for jobs for months but only received "automated 'unfortunately' rejection emails". Despite meeting all job requirements and having his resume reviewed by a career coach, he said he saw no progress.

Frustrated, the poster said he experimented after reading that someone else on Reddit had applied to the same job with different ...