The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews

Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews by throwaway71958 on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:10PM (#14075714)

Did I say it was "data"? The closest anyone has come to "data" on this (that I know of) is Google, in that experiment where they just hired people at random. But they decided to ignore the results and stick to the soul crushing 5 hour interviews anyway, so data did not change the relevant people's minds.

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Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews by solipsism on Sunday April 09, 2017 @11:25PM (#14075773)

Looking up the actual experiment, you're completely misrepresenting the conclusions. Here: https://www.google.com/amp/business.financialpost.com/entrep...

These were their conclusions: 1. The ability to hire well is random. This is referring to individuals, not the system as a whole. 2. Forget brain-teasers. Focus on behavioral questions in interviews, rather than hypotheticals 3. Consistency matters for leaders 4. Grades don’t predict anything about who is going to be a successful employee. School grades, that is.

So, stop making stuff up from behind your throwaway account.

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Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews by throwaway71958 on Monday April 10, 2017 @03:42AM (#14076727)

Ouch, "making stuff up". That's harsh, my man. Thus far I've made absolutely nothing up in this thread, or indeed in any others under this account. And you're using a PR puff piece written by Google HR to discount years of personal experience that I'm sharing here. You're free to not believe me, but let's not level accusations without evidence, OK?

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Re:The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews by solipsism on Monday April 10, 2017 @08:39AM (#14077964)

And yet you fail to provide a non-puff-piece link to the study you're talking about?

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