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Studies has shown that unstructured conversations has 0 correlation with on the job skills, if you just ask questions and go with the flow of the conversation i
by Jensson 2y ago
Studies has shown that unstructured conversations has 0 correlation with on the job skills, if you just ask questions and go with the flow of the conversation it is extremely unlikely that you actually learned something important.
More likely is that you got biased from that conversation and that bias colors your later evaluations of them. A lot of people are biased like that, studies shows that, maybe you are one of the very few that would be the exception of these studies, but it is unlikely, much more likely you are among the large majority who overestimate how well they can read people in free form conversations.
- frumper 2y agoAnd interview is generally the opposite of unstructured conversation.
- Jensson 2y agoThe person talked about unstructured interviews though, those used to be very common until they studied it and realized unstructured interviews just finds people you like and not good people. If you haven't prepared a set of questions and focus on those questions instead of letting the conversation flow then the interview is just a "do I like this guy" test.
- frumper 2y agoI guess we read that completely differently. I don't see anything about an unstructured interview in his comment. He points out that he's good at interviewing by just talking to them. I read that as opposed to making them jump through hoops doing leetcode or exercises.