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For sure. And I also am not sure I want to work at a place where being really good at interview skills is what gets people jobs. The correlation between "inter

For sure. And I also am not sure I want to work at a place where being really good at interview skills is what gets people jobs. The correlation between "interviews well" and "collaborative, productive coworker" isn't very strong.

wbsss4412 5y ago
Are you implying there is a negative correlation or no correlation? Unfortunately “being good at interviews” is generally what gets people jobs everywhere, so I’m not sure what point you’re making to begin with.
Kranar 5y ago
Definitely has not been my experience. People who interview well are generally excellent communicators and communication is of utmost importance when working with a team.
- Zancarius 5y ago
  This was my thought as well. Also, generally being likeable makes a positive impact on people. Teams would much rather someone they feel they can work well with than someone who is going to be a total stick in the mud and drag everyone down.
mitchdoogle 5y ago
How are you determining your lack of correlation ? Is there data on this somewhere? Because I would assume that people who study and prepare for the interview are more likely to be studious and prepared in other aspects of life, including their workplace.
- wpietri 5y ago
  I have worked with a number of people who are really good at interviewing and then continue to focus on impressing important people and climbing ladders, but without being particularly skilled and/or particularly collaborative. I have also worked with a number of people who are quite bad at interviewing but were excellent colleagues: highly collaborative and technically excellent. When I create hiring processes, it's the latter people I try to select for. So assorted coworkers aside, the data I have come from those hiring processes. The glibbest and most charming people often do poorly in the pair programming portion; the most awkward often settle down into doing excellent work once you get them in a familiar context. Some people are great at both, of course, and some people are bad at both. Which should be unsurprising given the number of people recommending a focus on developing interview skills. The whole idea requires that job skill and interview skill are not well correlated.

wbsss4412 5y ago

Are you implying there is a negative correlation or no correlation? Unfortunately “being good at interviews” is generally what gets people jobs everywhere, so I’m not sure what point you’re making to begin with.

Kranar 5y ago

Definitely has not been my experience. People who interview well are generally excellent communicators and communication is of utmost importance when working with a team.

Zancarius 5y ago
This was my thought as well. Also, generally being likeable makes a positive impact on people. Teams would much rather someone they feel they can work well with than someone who is going to be a total stick in the mud and drag everyone down.

mitchdoogle 5y ago

How are you determining your lack of correlation ? Is there data on this somewhere? Because I would assume that people who study and prepare for the interview are more likely to be studious and prepared in other aspects of life, including their workplace.

wpietri 5y ago
I have worked with a number of people who are really good at interviewing and then continue to focus on impressing important people and climbing ladders, but without being particularly skilled and/or particularly collaborative. I have also worked with a number of people who are quite bad at interviewing but were excellent colleagues: highly collaborative and technically excellent. When I create hiring processes, it's the latter people I try to select for. So assorted coworkers aside, the data I have come from those hiring processes. The glibbest and most charming people often do poorly in the pair programming portion; the most awkward often settle down into doing excellent work once you get them in a familiar context. Some people are great at both, of course, and some people are bad at both. Which should be unsurprising given the number of people recommending a focus on developing interview skills. The whole idea requires that job skill and interview skill are not well correlated.