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Interviews: what to ask... and how not to act. Discuss...

Steve Bridger

It's Friday... so two articles I read this week which I thought I'd share. While I've picked out the bullet points, you will find the 'meat on the bones' behind the two links.

10 Qualities Recruiters Never Want to See in Candidates

1. Vagueness
2. A Lack of Loyalty
3. Indifference
4. Excessive Agreeability
5. Disorganisation
6. Abrasiveness
7. Arrogance
8. Verbosity
9. Ignorance About the Company
10. A Lack of Professionalism

...and

5 Questions You Should Ask at Your Next Job Interview

1. “How will you measure the success of the person in this position?”

2. “What are some of the challenges you expect the person in this position to face?”

3. “Thinking back to people you’ve seen do this work previously, what differentiated the ones who were good from the ones who were really great at it?”

4. Ask the question you really care about.

5. “What’s your timeline for next steps?”

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  • I am loving Simon Sinek at the moment and used a few of his techniques in a recent interviews. To see the candidates faces light up, they really shined. Lets face it, unless they are a compulsive liar and their CV is a load of bull...they can technically do the job, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing them, right?

    So its mostly about team and company fit. Do their values match yours? If not once the hype of the new job has worn of, you will more than like end up with a disengaged employee.

    My fave none job related question to ask now are...

    • What is it that you have to give to our organisation that you believe we will need?
    • What is it that you want from us?

    and the one that lights them up....

    • When in your life have you been so passionately focused on an activity that you lost track of time?

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  • I am loving Simon Sinek at the moment and used a few of his techniques in a recent interviews. To see the candidates faces light up, they really shined. Lets face it, unless they are a compulsive liar and their CV is a load of bull...they can technically do the job, otherwise you wouldn't be seeing them, right?

    So its mostly about team and company fit. Do their values match yours? If not once the hype of the new job has worn of, you will more than like end up with a disengaged employee.

    My fave none job related question to ask now are...

    • What is it that you have to give to our organisation that you believe we will need?
    • What is it that you want from us?

    and the one that lights them up....

    • When in your life have you been so passionately focused on an activity that you lost track of time?

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