In the last few months, i have been involved with many interviews and each time i went in with a question in my head, could this be the person?
For some months, I review, assess and review, then assess again the candidates... at times i put all these resumes together on the table and line up so i can have an overview... sometimes i will just draw it on the whiteboard with each candidate represent by a character... or when i was in the airplane...sketching my operation model and try to fit the candidates in and paint a scenario picture whether the candidate will be good fit...
Recruiting is such a difficult tasks that the same process may not always best of each candidate...as some could response well to objective answers, some not.... some like to describe an overview rather than get into details... some provide too much details and spent most of the time talking something he was passionately doing.... some do not how to express their strength and require probing questions to help them..... some come in with a blank look and will start reading out loud the resume like radio....
Of course, some people believe the simplest way is to match the job descriptions vs resume's skillsets... but this is creating nightmares as not all company's operate like a robot and 100% process oriented... many companies operate with minimal process and require employee to maneuver around.... find the best fit he/she can be in the team or department.... determine the best way to be successful..... Skillset matching is never able to ensure the candidate will be successful and able to cope with the company... as we never hire someone for the purposes of completing one project or 18 months..... it is the mentality and survival skills that determine that.... skillsets is just a couple of paragraphs for HR to filtering purposes... they never gurantee a candidate is good until you meet the person face-to-face and start probing....
recruitment is tough....
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indeed, it is ....nightmare sometimes :)
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