Why do interviews often fail to get the right person in the right job?
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Both employers and job candidates have the same goal:
To get the right person in the right job. The job interview is where discovery about relevant
fit takes place.
Yet when that conversation isn’t
authentic and transparent the parties often fail to learn what
they need to know, putting their goals at risk.
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Authenticity prevents mis-hires.
Job candidates typically make the mistake of striving to be an ideal candidate. They go overboard trying to please rather than expressing what really matters to them.
Misrepresenting themselves this way not only erodes confidence but sends confusing signals to the employer and the 'right' job remains out of reach.
Job candidates who interview authentically share their true motivators and success factors. They are open, not closed. They discover if they will be able to do their best work in the employer's environment. They walk away from opportunitites that aren't a good fit.
Authentic job candidates build trust with the employer. They get offers.
Employers desire candidates who will succeed in their environments yet all too often their interviewing methods focus solely on whether the candidate’s skills and experience measure up to the job.
Little attention is paid to how candidates think, how they work, their success factors, or what matters to them. The culture fit goes largely ignored. It should therefore come as no surprise when the right candidate remains out of reach or worse yet when mis-hires occur!
Authentic employers
Interviews are being squandered.
Posturing, rapid fire questioning, negative assumptions, over
reliance on technical assessments and deception on both sides regularly take
the place of an open discovery conversation where
valuable information about what
really matters to both parties is exchanged.
Empowered Interviewing
is the program I devised to teach business professionals how to conduct an authentic, transparent interview
and get the right candidate in the right job.
