posted by rdwhat on March 10th, 2010 under Choosing an Employee, Understanding Inteviewers
The interviewer wants to know how you will perform for them, when they come out of the interview they want to know given a particular situation what would you do. Managers want to perform well and be able to continue to have a job, get good raises, and possibly move up the management chain. The way managers continue to progress is by getting the right people on the bus, and thus with the right people on board they can do a better job of delivering a better product or service.
posted by rdwhat on February 28th, 2010 under Choosing an Employee
Most people who are interviewing don’t really have a clue as to who makes the decision about hiring. Well I have sat in the conference rooms many, many, times discussing candidates, and it has almost always gone the same way. Downlevel personnel and uplevel managers, can say no don’t hire, but it is the hiring manager who makes the decision of who to hire. Let me explain, downlevel personnel and uplevel managerscan say, no absolutely don’t hire this person, and a hiring manager will generally take that advice unless he/she feels very strongly about a position and is willing to put his job on line. It is the hiring manager however who ultimately says yes to a hire.
posted by rdwhat on January 29th, 2010 under General Interview
Most people think in an interview that the main thing an interviewer wants to know is how competent they are. So to get ready for the interview candidates will cram for every technical question that may be coming down the pipe just like they are cramming for a college exam. They pour over difficult interview questions, work on learning how to solve difficult problems, and sweat over the puzzles that some tricky interviewer may give them to solve on the fly.
posted by rdwhat on January 21st, 2010 under Understanding Inteviewers
Of course everyone knows and it goes without saying that an interviewer wants to know if a job candidate is competent or not, but is this the most important thing they want to know? Knowing if a person is competent to do the job is only the very beginning a probably one of the least important parts of the interview.
posted by rdwhat on January 10th, 2010 under Understanding Inteviewers
I sat in the lobby, I waited my turn and now I walk into the room and there are from 1-6 people already there watching me across a conference table. What is that interviewer thinking? I’ve been on both sides of the table, I’ve been the one doing the interview and I’ve been the job candidate, I’ve done hundreds of interviews and hired nearly one hundred engineers over twenty five years and I can tell you what that interviewer is thinking. Read the rest of this entry »