I had some job interviews last week and I'm pretty sure I have made the right choice. One candidate answered the questions the best and showed in their answers the most competency.
There was a young lady who arrived for her interview and seemed very positive but she stumbled on th first question. It was a very like warm answer. She apologised and said 'I'm very sorry. I have gone blank. Would it be okay to come back to that questions at the end as I can do better than that'. We said of course.
The last few questions she did alright. Seemed nervous but she held her own and seemed calm.
At the end we said you asked to do the first question again and she said yes if that's okay.
So she added some more points to the first question and said 'at least I've added a few more points to that question now'.
I'm not saying it was thebest interview ever. But I felt it showed courage and confidence as well as a desire to get things right.
She's got under my skin a bit to be honest.
We don't do second interviews and we also don't offer trial periods. We only employ permanent staff or temporary to cover sickness or temporary leave.
I'm not sure it's something I could hire someone over but I found it impressive.
Would you have found this impressive?
Or am I being too empathetic?
Just to say I'm not basing any hiring decision on the answers today. Just generally interested really. I don't know if I'm being a bit silly.
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Evalineaa · 04/03/2017 23:40
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