Employers Share What Made Them Hire Someone Instantly (r/AskReddit)

ask Riddick what things said in an interview maid hire that person immediately guy turned up to an entry level engineer position with a blank notebook and pen and took notes that impressed everyone but what really sealed the deal was that he then emerald each person on the panel with follow-ups to any questions that they asked that he thought needed further clarification he starts next week smiley face I don't know I'd know where to look it up though closely followed by during a Kobayashi Maru style drill I'm a little unsure this sounds like a serious incident first thing I would do is alert someone else to the situation so that they're aware of it even if I don't need help right away someone who admits their limitations and isn't afraid to ask for help is worth so much more than someone with more knowledge that tries to sort it themselves without asking for help you can always learn knowledge you rarely find someone that selfless hiring for a Decker I had a candidate who seemed sort of quiet and timid at first I asked her to describe a challenging situation she'd had to overcome and she perked up and told a crazy story about being threatened with a knife at a previous job and finished with I handle pressure pretty well I was like well damn girl welcome aboard not so much one particular thing but if the interview turns into a lovely conversation then I'm more likely to hire someone when I was doing an interview someone mentioned that they worked as someone who elicited donations on the street one of my interview panelists made a remark of how much he hated those people and she flipped that on its head and basically said if you're the worst client here then I'll have no problem dealing with difficult clients for context I wasn't a fan of the interview panelists that shut down basically made me give her perfect scores it didn't work out in the end because of scheduling but I was so close to just high-fiving her right then and there not me but one of my colleagues got a resume that sit at the top in red bold letters warning this Reza makes explosive experience I'm not an employer that I used to interview people in college for admission in cultural clubs there was this one girl who responded to my question by saying can I take a few minutes to think about that that impressed me because everyone else just answered with whatever came into their mind and since this particular question was a bit tricky to answer most of the time their answers were [ __ ] or incoherent by taking a few minutes she managed to plan out her answer and showed us that she was a critical thinker I immediately welcomed her into the club any time someone appears shows sincere excitement for the job and not just the job that the company and industry - we can train employees on specific skills but no training program can spark enthusiasm for a field that they truly don't care for I do double anal I work in porn when I managed my father's business a while back I had to opportunity to personally interview and hire people I thought you this is gonna suck and it did sometimes two people have stood out that made me want to hire that person immediately applicant one not only held the door open for a gaggle of grandmothers but also pulled out each one's of their chairs this was not at our business this was at a random Olive Garden close to town that I was dining at I thought wow I'd kill to have this guy on my team I go to the office the next morning and as I go through the applications I do a quick faster book search just to put a face to the name I don't look at what they post or who they're friends with that's none of my business guess who applied last weekend at my father's business applicant one he got hired in at a much higher pay rate manners shouldn't be rewarded but with something rare nowadays I thought it was worth it for business and worked for two years before going back to college I hope you're well applicant one applicant two they caught me having sex with one of the waitresses knowing they had a husband it was the waitress friend not any particular phrase or action I've already done research looked through your portfolio and know you're talented impressive published etc there are a lot of talented and impressive on paper people cool you've done things and gone places that's great a go-getter attitude is superb but it's not so much about what people say but how they show who they are I look for bread crumbs of personality and character a potential employee is not a checklist nor should they be treated like one they're a human that I'm about to potentially place a lot of trust in and care about and it goes both ways the only people I've ever wanted to hire immediately were people that I'd worked with it passed agencies and I knew their personalities integrity yeah I know every company lists integrity as part of their values but seldom is it practiced the people I've hired without knowing them in any aforementioned setting I just sit down and talk to them I'll let the conversation flow sometimes I hand a folder to someone and say what would you do if I handed this to you and said figure it out I'm not looking for any template answer I'm looking for someone that essentially isn't a [ __ ] it's okay to be nervous it's okay to be awkward we are potentially going to spend five days a week together and you're going to add tremendous value and should be valued it's nice when people do research and ask questions too but if they do research that's clearly just because they are trying to find a buzzword robotic answers and robotic questions blegh not an employer but was once let down in an interview based on points scored after answering it has never happened to the question in a previous job how did you resolve issues when yourself or your team were underperforming I was the person who got hired not the boss I was applying for a job working in a group home for disabled adults one of the questions on the forms they were having me fill out was it's 12 a.m. on a Saturday night one of the toilets isn't working what do you do I wrote up a step-by-step diagnostic plan with solutions for each problem explained how to repair just about any issue that could go wrong with a toilet they took my papers into the back leaving me to cool my heels in the waiting room for a while the owner of the home came running out all excited and asked me if this was my application I confirmed it he hired me on the spot he said that I was the only person who'd ever said that they'd fix the toilet everyone else would call maintenance or each out to a supervisor or find another way to get help or put up a sign and direct the residents to the other bathroom guess they were looking for a problem-solver girl fresh out of college was interviewing for an entry-level medical sales rep trainee job I asked her about the first job she ever had when she was 15 to 16 she would skateboard to a car wash so she could save up money so she could buy a car of her own sounds good and Noble so far right well additionally that car wash was staffed with prisoners on a work release program so she was a pretty teenage girl who was absolutely unafraid of working with prisoners if she wasn't intimidated by that I knew the job we were training her for wouldn't scare her turns out I was right she's been great and is about to get promoted I can tell you what is an instant no higher using buzzwords for no damn reason or textbook responses I'd rather hire someone who is honest imperfect and willing to put themselves forward vs someone who just reads off the corporate manual positive attitude multilingual commitment to service most important concrete examples of work completed story time if want more specific feedback I had a great candidate on paper with lots of experience they did not talk about their experience much and answer questions about organization broadly like stay on top of things you know tell me specifics about your lists and how you use technology Outlook Creed spreadsheets anything like that talk to me about using customer service or prioritizing higher needs and why they qualify higher need don't say I make sure the most important needs are addressed first how do you know those are important interviewers do not you know it because of your experience we want to see your process and understand strengths and weaknesses we know that there are many ways to succeed in a job how have you done that in the past I wanted to hire my latest applicant before the interview if I'm honest he reached out to me on LinkedIn before applying to touch base asked about what made a good product manager etc I was fairly brief and told him to apply because having looked at his LinkedIn I saw he had enough experience for the entry-level paid internship we offer each summer during the interview he was good to talk to if he didn't know an answer he would admit it and then think on it for 10 20 seconds and then come out with how he would find out or his assumption of a good starting point what really sealed the deal is when I asked if he had any questions he asked some very specific things about a blog post the company made about three months back while that in itself isn't hugely interesting our marketing department posts something fairly worthless once a week unless it's from a specific department and this one has come from my department he starts June 10th [Music]

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Length: 10min 6sec (606 seconds)

Published: Mon May 20 2019