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What could be ways to detect such personality traits / mindsets, during job interviews? (If you're the interviewer, looking to hire a manager)
by cutemonster 6y ago
What could be ways to detect such personality traits / mindsets, during job interviews?
(If you're the interviewer, looking to hire a manager)
- Jtsummers 6y agoI'm not sure. I think most people know to at least pay lip service to "collaboration", even if they're awful at it. The best bet would be directed questions about how they have achieved collaboration in the past and how they might try to improve collaboration as a manager in your office. But you're pushing into mind reading territory, you'll need to be able to observe where they came from and what was actually done there. If it's an internal hire/promotion this is feasible, but it's not possible, in general, if you're hiring from outside your company.
- cutemonster 6y agoThanks! So, seems to me you're saying it's more important to look at what they actually did in the past (if there're any ways to find out), rather than listening to what they say. Makes sense, humans are so good at quickly learning what sounds good and others want to hear, are they not