CHAPTER 2
What Are Fit Traits?
In Chapter 1, we stressed the importance of considering both hard and soft skills in establishing fit and indicated the greater difficulty involved in ensuring the compatibility of soft skills. One of the challenges that interviewers face is that they meet the candidate only in the atypical setting of an interview. They never get to see the candidate in action in the workplace.
The interviewer’s aim is to assess how well the candidate would work with key stakeholders in the organization, including their boss, their peers, and—for managerial roles—their staff. Some roles may also require candidates to establish productive working relationships cross-functionally or with external stakeholders. To assess the candidate’s ...
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