@N’s_Mom: I wish your daughter could have spoken with the recruitment manager and told him/her blankly what how she was treated by the “hand picked” recruiter.
I’ve read similar advice you’ve given here – about how some women who face initial challenges – don’t push through like their male counterparts. I’m hoping to impart that to my kiddo. Fortunately for her, she’s doing fine in her coding coursework and other pre-engineering classes. She went to a heavy guy-laden math-sci high school however. She’s been swimming in that shark tank for four years already, thickening up her skin. Hopefully she maintains that, even with the inevitable falter or stumble.