[balanced2]

It's normal - at least for the big US companies, even with a large presence the culture is highly American. I remember when a VP of APAC sent a org email expressing strong feelings about the Black Lives Matter protests, and it was quite awkward since that wasn't really an issue discussed outside the US - he couldn't even understand how it couldn't be an issue for everyone.

Getting to hit the culture filter very early in interviews is probably a better outcome than ending up at the company and feeling awkward, not sure how intentional that is though.

[hulitu]

> about the Black Lives Matter protests, and it was quite awkward since that wasn't really an issue discussed outside the US

Maybe outside of NATO. In EU we knew more about Black Lives Matter protests than about local news.

[ralfd]

As every EU country could be practically the 51st state, we know any US news better than our own local news.