November 27, 2022
DON’T REVIEW A CANDIDATE’S RESUME BEFORE AN INTERVIEW
3 reasons not to review a candidate’s CV before an interview: 1. Efficiency - Pre-screening (CV screen and phone interview) should have covered all bio requirements for the position. 2. Accuracy - Skills beat previous experience in predicting job performance, so you’ll want to spend your interview time assessing if.
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November 27, 2022
Please don’t "tell me about yourself"
3 reasons why asking “tell me about yourself?” is bad interviewing practice: 1. Broad and unfocused: As an interviewer, you’re racing against the clock to collect the information that will enable you to decide if the candidate fits the position. “Tell me about yourself” can take the interview anywhere, including.
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November 27, 2022
DON’T BE A DEPENDENT INTERVIEWER
Interviewing with others? Do you? • Exchange texts/comments with your fellow interviewers during the interview? • Kick ‘em underneath the table? • Exchange looks or roll your eyes? • Immediately after the interview ends, start discussing the candidate? If you answered yes to one or more of the above, you.
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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
FILL IN THE GAPS
I interviewed XXX yesterday. I was highly impressed with _____ strong charisma. ____ charmed the hell out of me. From the examples___ shared throughout the interview I could understand how goal-driven ____ was in ___career. I felt at times ___ had been over-competitive, but I feel ___ ability to set.
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November 27, 2022
WHICH CARD/S WOULD YOU FLIP OVER? THE RESULTS
Which card or cards do you have to flip over to test the assumption that if a card shows an even number on one face, then its opposite face is red? The correct answer is “6+yellow” If you got it wrong, don’t feel bad about yourself, it happens to most.
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November 27, 2022
WHICH CARD/S WOULD YOU FLIP OVER?
Which card or cards do you have to flip over to test the assumption that if a card shows an even number on one face, then its opposite face is red? 1- 6+red 2- 7+red 3- 7+6+red 4- 6+yellow 5- 7+yellow 6- All cards #informedecisions #bias
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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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