Bar Raising: Rapid Behavioral Job Interviews
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Bar RaisingRapid Behavioral Interview
By Pablo Rodriguez Bertorello
Objective: Only Hire Agile Technical Geniuses
Only Hire People More Competent than the Average Employee
Trained executive conducts behavioral interviews
Before the team is interrupted for technical interviews in person
Rapid Truth Seeking
Interviewer: ask 1 question answer 1 question
“Un-answerable” question: Tell me of a time when you
caused your team to get through a failure
What is your biggest strength/weakness
10s of others…“Anyone who solved a hard problem does not forget how they did it”
–- Elon Musk
The Essential Virtue to Look for:“In Communication”
Did the candidate show up on/before the scheduled meeting time?
Did the candidate understand / re-create the question asked?
Did the candidate actually answer the question asked?
Did the candidate know about the job position, company, interviewer?
Vivid story: Situation, Task, Action, & Result
Some Failure Modes
All about himself, team/teamwork not in the picture
Rant, not in communication with the listener
Not clear how the result was a product of his actions
Lacks knowledge about company, product, interviewer
Outcome: Binary Decision
Three bullets of “post-rationalization”: Thoughtful specifics Guide future sourcing