Art of interviewing...
..no I am not talking about the interview tips or the killer interview process to get a plum job. Instead, I've been lately thinking about the perfect art of interviewing people for various roles..
People judgement and assessment is such an elusive skill that it should be considered more of an art than a science. The repercussions of not selecting the right person for the right role are disastrous in the long run - both for the person selected and for the company. I believe hiring people is a tremendous responsibility - the higher the role, the larger the consequences of misfit.
It is apalling how people are recruiting without being aware of such huge responsibility and sometimes with even disdain and pressure to meet the numbers!!
Imagine an inert and inept 20-year experienced person recruited to lead an enthusiastic team of 100 people - what a gross injustice? People rely on lot of fallacious, yet implicit, assumptions in recruiting people with a predetermined experience, skill-sets, and his previous firm's credibility. Assessing attitude and several soft-skills such as interpersonal, energy, enthusiasm, passion, and commitment takes back-seat. It is true that assessing such intangible skills and emotional intelligence takes huge effort and time than assessing IQ and technical skills - but the effort is worth especially for critical senior roles.
I wish I could find some resource/research on this aspect of interviewing - the only book that came close is Jack Welch's 'Winning' where he talks briefly about the importance of hiring right people. I know it is very subjective and sometimes those hiring decisions happen by gut feeling, but I truly wish there is some good comprehensive book on this elusive art!!
tata..Satish
People judgement and assessment is such an elusive skill that it should be considered more of an art than a science. The repercussions of not selecting the right person for the right role are disastrous in the long run - both for the person selected and for the company. I believe hiring people is a tremendous responsibility - the higher the role, the larger the consequences of misfit.
It is apalling how people are recruiting without being aware of such huge responsibility and sometimes with even disdain and pressure to meet the numbers!!
Imagine an inert and inept 20-year experienced person recruited to lead an enthusiastic team of 100 people - what a gross injustice? People rely on lot of fallacious, yet implicit, assumptions in recruiting people with a predetermined experience, skill-sets, and his previous firm's credibility. Assessing attitude and several soft-skills such as interpersonal, energy, enthusiasm, passion, and commitment takes back-seat. It is true that assessing such intangible skills and emotional intelligence takes huge effort and time than assessing IQ and technical skills - but the effort is worth especially for critical senior roles.
I wish I could find some resource/research on this aspect of interviewing - the only book that came close is Jack Welch's 'Winning' where he talks briefly about the importance of hiring right people. I know it is very subjective and sometimes those hiring decisions happen by gut feeling, but I truly wish there is some good comprehensive book on this elusive art!!
tata..Satish
posted by Satish Udayagiri @ 4:21 AM
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