Hiring for Fit

CHAPTER 5

The Importance of Candidate Expectations

Unless you know exactly which hard and soft skills a role requires for success, you can’t screen candidates effectively for the right fit. However, while you need to ensure that the candidate meets the expectations of the organization and the role, you also need to consider another essential component of fit by ensuring the compatibility of the organization and the role with the candidate’s expectations. To examine fit with the candidate’s expectations, you need to assess the reasons why the candidate wants the job. There are many aspects to explore, including the following:

• Checking the candidate’s motivation to make a move at this time
• Assessing the alignment of the organization’s expectations ...