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Monthly Archives: April 2005
The One or (Two) Question Interview
Anthony points to Lou Adler’s One Question Interview. The one question is Please think about your most significant accomplishment. Now, could you tell me all about it? That’s a great stepping off question. And, I really like the second question, … Continue reading
Candidates and Email Addresses
Louise Fletcher in What’s Your Email Address? says “Choose an address that is as bland and professional as possible.” Well, I don’t know that I would categorize a professional email address as bland, but then, I’m a geek. But I … Continue reading
One Experience Hiring Interns
A reader, Mike, sent me this gem: Interview with the Intern. The lessons: Mind your language — particularly in the cover letter. I tend to give more benefit of the doubt with affect/effect. But I don’t have much patience with … Continue reading
Interviewing New Grads
My most recent column for Fast Company/Inc’s hiring center is Interviewing New College Grads. Leave comments here – Enjoy!
Diversity, Curiosity and Innovation
Via Curious?, I found Give Curiosity and Chance. Here’s a telling quote From a hiring perspective (you just knew this was coming, right?), hiring managers are in love with deliverables and narrowly defined requirements. Look at job postings these days … Continue reading
Making the Most of Your Network
I’ve said before that networking is critically important to finding a job and finding candidates. A colleague of mine has just sent me an email explaining her predicament, I am currently looking for a job and networks are important to … Continue reading
Another Take on Puzzles in Interviews
I thank Keith Ray who forwarded this gem to me from the XP mailing list: “Puzzles are fantastic. They’re an instant way of figuring out whether you want to work for the organisation or not.” — Adrian Howard When I … Continue reading
“Tests” are Not Useful
Because the cost of a bad hire is so high, some organizations are resorting to a variety of psychometric tests to determine if it’s worth interviewing and possibly hiring a candidate. If you, like me, are suspicious of tests, take … Continue reading
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