Interview Candidate Woes

I’ve interviewed a number of candidates for my workplace lately. I’m noticing a rather alarming trend.

A surprising number of candidates are extremely bad at talking about themselves.

Nobody expects perfection in an interview, but something is very wrong when candidates for senior roles can’t successfully “tell me about a time when…”

If you put it on your resume, please be able to talk about it.

I occasionally do see candidates that are prepared. It’s a pleasure to talk with them. They can answer questions using the STAR method.

The contrast between these candidates and the ones that are unprepared is truly like night and day.