CHAPTER 3 Let the show begin How to interview effectively from both sides of the table

DOI: 10.4324/9781003171089-3

Job interviews as social interactions

Rachel and Kareem, our two young engineers on the job market, are both scheduled to interview tomorrow for a position at Brilliant Electronics, a multinational company specializing in smartphone technology. The HR manager at Brilliant Electronics, Alice, has designed a standardized interview with a set of job-related behavioural questions that she plans to use for all candidates. Alice thus appears to rely on the effective interview techniques (instead of poorly-designed interviews) that I highlighted in the last chapter, thus increasing the likelihood of making an optimal hiring decision. ...

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