“Yes, I know this is in Britain..., for the time being.”
This has been standard operating procedure in the US for years. White firemen in CT recently won a lawsuit because of it; their results were tossed because an insufficient number of “preferred minorities” scored high enough. Ironically, the one black guy who did well had his results tossed, too; they had to invalidate the test for everyone.
Apparently, tests that include such buzzwords as “work”, “book”, and “father” are culturally biased against some groups...
LOL, it’s about that bad isn’t it...