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At my work we go through interview training because if an employee is not hired, and believes they were treated unfairly or turned down for reasons that could b
by sbarre 5y ago
At my work we go through interview training because if an employee is not hired, and believes they were treated unfairly or turned down for reasons that could be human rights violations and files a grievance, they can request copies of all documentation and notes from the company's side as part of their interview process.
That's mostly why we are told "write down things that were said, not your opinions", but I've definitely seen interview notes that include things that would not be appropriate to share back with the candidate.
- tppiotrowski 5y agoThis. We were asked to always write down questions the candidate got right as well as questions they got wrong so there was a documented, objective reason why they were not hired.
- GauntletWizard 5y agoSo much of what you write down is necessarily opinion, because even your interpretation of what words the candidate said can color the interview a lot. Unless you have a stenography background, you are not going to keep up with the pace of both your and the candidates words and conduct an interview at the same time. You could use audio recording to have a direct transcript (or just submit the audio), but that would waste a lot of time. If you ask a candidate, "How would you approach problem X", and the candidate says "I believe X is Y because A is B, so I'll approach it from this angle", you'll likely need to paraphrase. And even in that one sentence, you can paraphrase many different ways: "Candidate believes X is Y", "Candidate says A is B", "X is Y" "Candidate approached from angle Y"... All are color. Your bias seeps in in many ways. Paradoxically z the less attention you pay to it the more other people will be able to work around it, because they'll understand how you work.