Pinterest released an update on the results of its diversity efforts for 2016 and its plans for 2017.
The social network said it met most of its goals for 2016, with the exception of its hiring rate for women in engineering, where it aimed for 30 percent and ended up at 22 percent.
CEO Ben Silbermann detailed Pinterest?s 2016 results and 2017 goals in a blog post, saying:
Our efforts improved our hiring process and resulted in the most diverse team Pinterest has had to date. We didn?t make as much progress as we?d like, but we learned a lot that?s going to help us create an even more diverse Pinterest next year.
Silbermann detailed how Pinterest fared in meeting its 2016 goals:

Increase hiring rates for full-time women engineers to 30 percent: While we increased the number of women in engineering and technical roles overall, we didn?t reach our goal of a 30 percent hiring rate for women in engineering. We ended the year at a 22 percent hiring rate for women engineers starting in 2016. How we?re making sense of this gap: One reason we missed is because we decided to prioritize hiring senior women engineers, and senior hires take longer. Additionally, 49 percent of engineering interns were women, up from 32 percent last year. Increase hiring rates for engineers from underrepresented backgrounds to 8 percent: We surpassed this goal. The hiring rate for engineers from underrepresented ethnic backgrounds grew to 9 percent, up from 1 percent last year.
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