How my life was changed when I began caring about the people I did not hire

Re:How my life was changed when I began caring about the peo... by marcosdumay on Friday January 09, 2015 @12:14PM (#8863123)

The problem is there's no good heuristic for determining when that "no" was a resolt of a clear flaw of the candidate, or of subjective prejudice of the interviewer. On that situation the prevailing policy is to always assume prejudice and try to discover you flaws by some other mean.

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Re:How my life was changed when I began caring about the peo... by DaveWalk on Friday January 09, 2015 @12:53PM (#8863311)

I'm not so sure you should default to assume prejudice, because every bit of advice has some benefit (even if it's just an insight into what the other person thinks is importnat). You bring up a great tactic, however: discovering your flaws by some other means. The best practice I've heard is to seek comments from a neutral third party, like a professional acquaintance or coach. A friend or SO will go too easy on you by design.

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