Great news! Substack now has a “Transcription” feature - which means you can read the transcript of our conversation with Aaron. If you are as impatient as I am, you will love it!
A lot of you noticed (and complained!) that I haven't released an episode for almost 2 months now. That's awesome, and it shows that you truly care (and wait for the next episode) - I'm grateful for this! I'm back on track now, I should get back to the bi-weekly cadence :)
Back to today's episode: a Masterclass on how to coach interviewers.
1/ This is “advanced” recruiting
Early on in our discussion, Aaron warned me (and us): this is not Recruiting 101. Not even 102. It's not a low-hanging fruit, it's something you do once you already master the basics: you know how to run a proper discovery meeting, you know how to source quality candidates fast, you know how to run an interview process and how to run candidates.
You have enough credibility that you can move to address more critically important issues: fight against the lazy feedback (“bad culture fit”), the biases, the lack of involvement
2/ Try and get a pre-agreed commitment
Aaron asked me to include a few documents in the notes, namely the templates he uses to run a great interview process. It boils down to one thing: agreeing beforehand with the interviewers on the decision-making process.
It seems simple, but it's much harder to do in practice: Agree on what you’re assessing for, down to the question. Agree on what success looks like, and what's required to send an offer. Do this before the interview so as to avoid the “culture fit” or “when there's a doubt, there's no doubt”.
Overall, a great Masterclass on how to challenge & train the interviewers to improve the final outcome, and in the process gain a lot of credibility and recognition!
What did you think of this episode? Just hit reply and let me know your thoughts, ideas, remarks - it's always a pleasure to chat!
CEO @ HireSweet
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