Matthew Kennedy been said that democracy would be the worst type of federal government except all the some others which were tried.” - Sir Winston Churchill. way to start a post on staffing, huh?….it will make more sense if you keep reading. response and question from last week inspired me to write on the subject of interviewing. Shaun has Asperger’s syndrome, which complicates many of his social interactions. Yet Shaun is also a very strong programmer (I am trusting him on this one) possessing skills many companies seek. However, his communication deficiencies create difficulties in the interview process and prevent him from securing the desired position. Why? Because an interview simply gives employers information allowing them to create a model to forecast potential performance the candidate will contribute. Like all models, the forecast is not always correct. all interviews occur in an environment completely removed for the actual position. I do not mean physical space; instead I refer to the skills being tested. When a developer comes to Microsoft, he / she is asked behavioral questions (designed to drill into his / her work ethic, drive, self-critical nature, willingness to take on big challenges, etc.), problem solving questions, and often asked to code on the whiteboard. This allows us all to capture great information and certainly helps us make our decisions,
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buy office 2010 product key, in our interviews (and this goes for almost every other company) we ask candidates to work / think / solve in the (relatively) same manner. Most of the time this is not a problem because we have learned how to correlate interview performance and future success; but sometimes people, for one reason or another (in Shaun’s case it is Asperger’s), are unable to display their skills and intelligence in this format – or – sometimes people will be really impressive interviewers,
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microsoft office 2010 key sale, and deliberation we put into our interviews and interview model, we can’t always get it right. In the end interviewing is the worst way to make a hiring decision except for each of the other methods which were tried. develop your primary skill set, but remember interviewing is a skill you must continue to develop. Reading JobsBlog is a great start. a great weekend,