Frankly, I pictured Sam getting bored or frustrated as time passed. As a result, I didn’t invite Sam back for a second round of interviews. I was in touch with Sam afterwards and provided a complete explanation of my reasoning; it turned out…
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Hiring: how I evaluate candidates
Tagged with: changing jobs, hiring, interviews, optimization
Posted in Careers, Leadership, Management, Marketing
Posted in Careers, Leadership, Management, Marketing
10 common hiring mistakes
Sure, I’d welcome to the team a Computer Engineer with great communications skills, but STEM grads aren’t especially known as clear communicators. Yesterday I read an article called “What High-Quality Job Candidates Look for in a Company.” The piece contrasts the job and…
Tagged with: excitement, experience, hiring, interviewing, interviews, mistakes, STEM
Posted in Careers, Management
Posted in Careers, Management
Test-based interviews: my own weird experiences
Earlier today I read two posts that examine technical interviewing: Technical testing during an interview: why it does not work The Technical Interview: An Update These were written by my friend Mike, who’s a network security expert, is highly technical,…
Tagged with: aptitude, interviews, Java, technical interviews, tests, weirdzies
Posted in Careers, Everything
Posted in Careers, Everything
The Deadly Sins of Leadership
“When it comes to describing their dark sides, 58 out of 60 leaders felt bound by the same rule – any weakness is perfectly admissible, so long as it is really a strength.” – Lucy Kellaway There is no shortage…
Getting engaged (with your audience)
“Engage your listeners. It does not matter how you do it, so long as you do it.” – Gavin Esler Certain things that I hear, for whatever reason, stand out and remain in my mind while others do not; the…
Tagged with: body language, influence, interviews, leadership, lessons, presentation, public speaking
Posted in Leadership
Posted in Leadership
What’s more important to employers: excitement or experience?
Many a hiring manager has been forced to choose between two qualified (or, if he or she is lucky, outstanding) candidates, and sometimes the situation goes like this: Candidate A personifies excitement, and will attack the role with energy and…
Tagged with: excitement, experience, expertise, hiring, interviewing, interviews, passion, team-building
Posted in Careers, Everything, Management
Posted in Careers, Everything, Management
Three questions an interview should answer
While the actual interview will cover a variety of subjects and include many questions, it’s just a comprehensive mechanism to answer three basic questions. Years ago, I read an article in Forbes that said that an interview, from the interviewer’s…
A (Nearly) Universal Truth about Interviewing
Going for job interviews can be intimidating, and in a multi-stage hiring process characterized by several callbacks the pressure can build. It’s not uncommon for a candidate’s anxious energy to start to get the better of them. This reaction is…
Interview Lessons from Subway
Needing to get caught up on some reading and reviewing for my team, I worked from home yesterday. With apologies to my friends over at Quick Sandwiches (my preferred sandwich destination), I went to a Subway nearby to pick up…
Tagged with: interviewing, interviews, upsells
Posted in Advertising, Careers, Everything, Marketing
Posted in Advertising, Careers, Everything, Marketing
Becoming a Better Interviewer
I don’t particularly like conducting hiring interviews. Thinking about it, there are two main reasons: They take time They require me to meet other people in (what I consider to be) an unnatural circumstance On the surface, and perhaps below…
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