The old practice of starting off a candidate on their real path to employment by an interview has to be updated.
The modern age finds stale, stilted conversations to be pointless.
Not only do we now know more about each other regardless, we can also probe better using recently developed tools.
The interviewer is supposed to be the guardian of the floor, as someone once put it to me. It’s not just offensive but also defensive hires that matter.
The true candidates of quality are now those that will defend themselves – and the rest – in the dignity and reasonableness of their role.
If economics winds don’t matter at any given time, something about the company will.
The only people now responsible for this are the staff.
It’s reasonable to expect people to live as part of a team, to uphold a decent working environment as a crucial value.
If this is the cause for an interview, many more brighter, capable people will come forward to fill our offices with purpose.