February 26, 2023
INTERVIEW RESEARCH SHOWS THAT…
A research conducted in 2020 by Yu and Kuncel compared the recommendations of expert PhD psychologists working for a global consulting firm against a weighted average of 7 scores given to the same candidates by those same psychologists (computed by a multiple regressions model) in predicting actual job performance of.
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February 26, 2023
UNECCESARY INTERVIEW QUESTION #1: WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR US?
There is a good chance the candidate doesn't aspire to work specifically for you, rather you were one of the company’s they applied to in their search. When you ask this question you are asking for a socially desirable answer or, in other words, you are waiting for the candidate.
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December 11, 2022
UNECCESARY INTERVIEW QUESTION #1: WHY DO YOU WANT TO WORK FOR US?
There is a good chance the candidate doesn't aspire to work specifically for you, rather you were one of the company’s they applied to in their search. When you ask this question you are asking for a socially desirable answer or, in other words, you are waiting for the candidate.
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December 11, 2022
INTERVIEW HORROR STORY: PENGUINS AND SOMBREROS
The interviewer asked me: “If a penguin wearing a sombrero were to show up here now, what would he say?” (Our guess: “Fire this interviewer!”) #informedecisions #interviewhorrorstories #recruitment #skillsbasedhiring #interviews
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December 11, 2022
THE TALE OF THE PREDECTIVE INTERVIEW
Danny was a 21 year old psychologist that was drafted to the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) after his studies. In 1951, after a short attempt as a combat soldier he was assigned to the IDF’s Psychology Unit. He quickly discovered that his commander, the chief of the psychology unit, was.
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December 11, 2022
INTERVIEW HORROR STORIES: IF ONLY THE JOB EXISTED
Met this guy at a job fair who loved my work and gave me his card, telling me to call him the next day to set up an interview. The next day I went to his office and after looking at my portfolio, he tells me it’s great and that.
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November 28, 2022
INTERVIEW HORROR STORIES: IF ONLY THE JOB EXISTED
Met this guy at a job fair who loved my work and gave me his card, telling me to call him the next day to set up an interview. The next day I went to his office and after looking at my portfolio, he tells me it’s great and that.
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November 27, 2022
INTERVIEW HORROR STORIES: DON’T FORGET YOUR PRE-INTERVIEW HEARING TEST
First question of the interview. Interviewer: "you got a job?" (which i heard as "you got the job”) Me: thanks TL;DR; didn't get the job. (From the web) #informedecisions #horrorstory #interviews #interviewhorrorstories
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November 27, 2022
WANT TO BROADEN YOUR HIRING PIPELINE - IMPLEMENT SKILLS-BASED HIRING
Imagine you are hiring for a sales position, how would each hiring methodology change your approach? Traditional hiring practice: “Let’s hire people with a degree in Business Administration and previous experience in sales” Skills-based hiring: “Let’s review candidates from various positions that require excellent communication, working with targets, and independence..
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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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