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"I've worked for companies where the primary focus was put on "empathetic, tolerant, and good listeners" where everyone was afraid to rock the boat. " If they'
by st3v3r 11y ago
"I've worked for companies where the primary focus was put on "empathetic, tolerant, and good listeners" where everyone was afraid to rock the boat. "
If they're afraid to rock the boat, then you don't have a team of "empathetic, tolerant, and good listeners"
- derefr 11y agoThe key here is that attempting to select for X doesn't get you X. Trying to hire only people who are "empathetic, tolerant, and good listeners" gets you mostly people who don't rock the boat, because that's indistinguishable in the traditional interview context. (There are some off-the-wall interviewing techniques you could try to test those traits, but I'm not sure anyone with HR training would ever think they were remotely okay to attempt on people.)