Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Corner Office - He Wants Subjects, Verbs and Objects - Question - NYTimes.com

An interesting article on interviews.

Corner Office - He Wants Subjects, Verbs and Objects - Question - NYTimes.com:
"And so what you’re trying to find out about are the intangibles of leadership, communication style and the ability to, today, really adapt to change.

And there are a lot of ways to go at that. I like to ask people what they’ve read, what are the last three or four books they’ve read, and what did they enjoy about those. And to really understand them as individuals because, you know, the résumés you get are wonderful résumés. Wonderful education, great work history. So you have to probe a little bit deeper into the human intangibles, because we’ve all seen many instances where people had perfect résumés, but weren’t effective"

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