“๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ข ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ด๐ช๐ต๐ช๐ท๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ณ๐ถ๐ช๐ต๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น๐ฑ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ช๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ. ๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ซ๐ฐ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ๐ด๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฆ๐ญ๐ต ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ถ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ญ๐บ ๐ถ๐ฑ๐ญ๐ช๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ฅ.”
“๐๐ต ๐ธ๐ข๐ด ๐ถ๐ฏ๐ญ๐ช๐ฌ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ช๐ฆ๐ธ ๐โ๐ท๐ฆ ๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฆ… ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฌ๐ช๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฅ๐ด ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐จ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต โ ๐ช๐ต ๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ญ๐บ ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ข๐ฏ๐ด ๐ข ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ต.”
“๐ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฑ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ช๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ต๐ง๐ถ๐ญ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ข๐ต๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐บ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ ๐ด๐ต๐ณ๐ถ๐ค๐ต๐ถ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฑ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด. ๐๐ฆ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐จ๐ช๐ท๐ฆ๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ฒ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ด ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ท๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐บ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด๐ด๐ถ๐ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ถ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฉ๐ถ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ฅ๐ช๐ง๐ง๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ, ๐ช๐ต ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ค๐ถ๐ด ๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ด๐ฉ๐ข๐ณ๐ช๐ฏ๐จ ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ช๐ฅ๐ฆ๐ข๐ด ๐ค๐ญ๐ฆ๐ข๐ณ๐ญ๐บ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ญ๐บ, ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ฉ๐ฐ๐ธ ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ท๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ ๐ธ๐ข๐ด.”
This is some of the feedback we received – having just completed recruitment from a shortlist of terrific candidates – which we’re quite proud of.
In my experience, interview structure should be carefully and thoughtfully designed, to help make applicants feel comfortable, confident, and encouraged to show you the best of themselves. The process should be free of ego or judgement, and provide people the best chance to demonstrate who they are in a short space of time.
Scottish Community Safety Network (SCSN) shared interview questions ahead of time with applicants which – in our minds – allows people time to digest and prepare their answers, just as you would in the workplace. There’s little to be gained or learned from concealing questions, that’s just not real. In fact, making the process fully transparent, being clear about what you want and your expectations of others, helps folk understand where to aim. We tried to think through what our applicants’ questions might be of us, to help inform how we built a recruitment experience based on their needs, as much as ours.
Importantly, we wanted our candidates to leave feeling positive about themselves, whether they were successful or not. We provided detailed, personalised feedback afterwards which stressed their strengths, and highlighted areas for improvement.
All this to say, it takes time and effort to do recruitment well – especially if you’re a wee team like us – but it’s an investment that will be rewarded with the right skills, experience and personalities for your organisation. And it’s fair.
Reposted from Dave Shea’s LinkedIn
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