November 27, 2022
SHOULD AN INTERVIEW BE CONDUCTED AS A CONVERSATION
Lately, we’ve been hearing quite a lot that interviews should be held as conversations. This is what we have to say about it: interviews and conversations are inherently different. A conversation is a talk that "flows", does not necessarily have a structure, and in which both sides are equally in.
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November 27, 2022
THE LEADERSHIP PARADOX
1. Humility has been found to be associated with better leadership results. Yet, the chance of being promoted to a leadership role is higher if you're not humble — we choose leaders based on confidence rather than competence. 2. We hire and promote leaders based on experience when tomorrow's problems.
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November 27, 2022
WHEN YOU NEED EXPERIENCE TO GET THE JOB BUT YOU NEED A JOB FOR EXPERIENCE
#informedecisions #hiring #recruiting
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November 27, 2022
ASK THESE QUESTIONS INSTEAD OF “WHAT IS YOUR BIGGEST WEAKNESS?”
Candidates are usually prepared for this question. They know how to answer it to paint themselves in a good light (”I’m a perfectionist”) or mention something unrelated to the position. To get more genuine and relevant answers you can ask questions like: “Tell me about feedback you received about something.
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November 27, 2022
ROAD TRIPPIN’
My manager told me about his experiences from his recent trip to India and asked what I thought about it. *From social media #informedecisions #workplacehorrorstories
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November 27, 2022
SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
DON’T FORGET TO SAY YOUR PRAYERS After I had been told I successfully passed the interview, I got a call asking how many times a day I pray. #informedecisions #interviewhorrorstories
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November 27, 2022
FREAK IN THE SHEETS
AI and machine learning have been all the rage for enhancing hiring decisions, and for good reasons, but you shouldn’t forget that all you can do with a simple spreadsheet, For those of you who don’t have an AI-based interview platform like ours, but are still interested in conducting a.
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November 27, 2022
INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES IN A ROW? BEWARE OF THE CONTRAST EFFECT
Which of the circles in the center is bigger? They are actually the same size. If the inner circles look different to you, you have fallen prey to contrast bias, which occurs when we judge two things comparatively instead of separately. Contrast bias can creep into an interview when candidates.
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November 27, 2022
BOMB IRAN AND YOU GET THE JOB
Interview horror story #4 "I was asked, "how will you bomb the Iranian nuclear reactor with a cyber attack"(From social media) Which horrible interview questions were you asked? #informedecisions #recruiting #hiring #interviews
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November 26, 2022
The Interviewer Fell Asleep, So You’re Hired
Interview horror story #3 "My interviewer fell asleep during my answer. I got hired." (From social media) What’s your strangest interview moment? #informedecisions #recruiting #hiring #interviews
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