Most 3rd-party recruiter interviews set you up for failure with hiring managers.
Before the entire recruiting profession jumps down my throat over that statement – let’s examine this statement in a little more depth.
Most (there are a few exception…
Category Archive for ‘Interview 1st Impressions’ 
Why Do Most Recruiter Interviews Set You Up for Failure?
Ever Wonder Why No One Calls You Back After the Phone Interview?
The Myth of Phone Interviewing
Yesterday I phone interviewed a candidate for a search I was conducting for a National Accounts Manager position. The phone interview was with my client – the CEO.
I had already interviewed the candidate by myself for t…
Job Search Success: Can Targeting Make a Difference?
Don’t even think about trying this technique unless you’re prepared for an employer to offer you a job.
I was speaking with a client a few days ago and he told me a story about a candidate he had just hired for a sales position. She had lost her jo…
Why is Flawless Execution Important to Prove?
One of the 3 core success traits we insist our clients focus on in the interview process to measure top talent is:
Flawless Execution
Flawless Execution is not about doing your job perfectly – it’s about the ability to overcome problems, hurdles, r…
Is This Age Discrimination Or Not, You Tell Me?
I was recently co-interviewing candidates with my client for one of his open positions. Together we interviewed 3 candidates all in the same day.
Obviously, two of the candidates didn’t get the job. One of the candidates that didn’t get the…
Why Your Skills & Experience Don’t Matter To Recruiters
The title is true. It just isn’t true all of the time.
I can’t count the number of times I have heard from candidates, “I have done all of the things for your position.” or how many times I get a cover letter that goes into a le…
Answering Those Box Checking Interviewing Questions – Audio Recording
Don’t Be A Box-checking Victim
STOP allowing yourself to be box-checked in the interview by recruiters, HR, and hiring managers. You CANNOT SUCCEED in the interview if you are being box-checked against a traditional job description listing prec…
The Curious George Approach to Interviewing
As many of you know, I follow an large number of blogs every day on a wide range of subjects – hiring, job search, motivation, blogging, retention, performance management, social media, internet marketing, basketball coaching – every interest that …
5 Most Frequently Asked Job Search Questions I Receive
On Friday’s from 9 – 10 AM PDT we often conduct free “Candidate Open Forums.” These are conference calls open to all of our candidates, in which we discuss topics and answer questions directly from you – our candidates. Un…
You can’t interview yourself out of a wet paper bag
The vast majority of candidates Brad and I meet are horrific at interviewing. It’s bordering on embarrassing and humiliating. WHY? (Here’s a little hint to keep your interest – it has nothing to do with the actual interview presentation)
Before w…
