Aligning interview questions with an organization’s core values
It's one of the recent advice columns from David Cummings.
“The key is to create stories and scenarios that allow candidates to share their experiences, and then listen for how well those experiences align with your core values,” David Cummings writes in one of his recent columns.
The Founder of Atlanta Tech Village and also Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Atlanta Ventures was writing about one of his favorite best practices around the interview component of the hiring process. One of the core values he highly appreciates is positivity. Some call it being “glass half full,” others call it an optimistic outlook. Regardless, does the person have a positive attitude?
Noting that you can’t simply ask, “Are you a positive person?”, Cummings suggests a two-part question:
Question 1: For your current employer, what are two or three things they do well? What are two or three things they don’t do well and could improve upon?
Question 2: For your current manager, what are two or three things they do well? What are two or three things you don’t like?
The full blogpost can be found here.
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