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I do not give any “uh huh” or “I see” kind of interjections that underlie most conversations. And you want to use this method to gauge a candidates communicati

I do not give any “uh huh” or “I see” kind of interjections that underlie most conversations. And you want to use this method to gauge a candidates communication skills? Human communication is a very complicated and error prone process. If you're going to cut out all the vital clues, how you can expect it not to fail horribly? Feedback from both sides is essential.

d0m 14y ago
No. At first, he doesn't give any indications to check if the candidate recognize this lack of understanding. As you said it very well: If you're going to cut out all the vital clues, how you can expect it not to fail horribly? Feedback from both sides is essential. If your audience doesn't acknowledge your basic explanations, it's not worth going deeper in the subject. I.e. If you get no clue, go get them!
kerryfalk 14y ago
He states he gives a deer in the headlights look. Assuming he performs it well this is a very clear communication of: "I have no idea what you're talking about" So by not offering the routine and quick forms of 'yes I understand', a good communicator will stop to see where the holdup is, a bad one will march on without noticing there was an issue.
NegativeK 14y ago
By cutting out all of the vital clues, the interviewer is making sure that the candidate is even remotely looking for them. Too many clients will smile and nod when they don't understand something. That's far less of a telling sign than staring blankly. When explaining things, I somewhat worry that I'm going to come off like an arrogant prick when I look someone in the eye and ask "Does that make sense?" If you don't, though, you run the risk of people not opening the floodgate of questions they have -- or, worse, you run the risk of assuming that they actually understand and that everything is golden.

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I do not give any “uh huh” or “I see” kind of interjections that underlie most conversations. And you want to use this method to gauge a candidates communicati

by revelation 14y ago

d0m 14y ago
No. At first, he doesn't give any indications to check if the candidate recognize this lack of understanding. As you said it very well: If you're going to cut out all the vital clues, how you can expect it not to fail horribly? Feedback from both sides is essential. If your audience doesn't acknowledge your basic explanations, it's not worth going deeper in the subject. I.e. If you get no clue, go get them!
kerryfalk 14y ago
He states he gives a deer in the headlights look. Assuming he performs it well this is a very clear communication of: "I have no idea what you're talking about" So by not offering the routine and quick forms of 'yes I understand', a good communicator will stop to see where the holdup is, a bad one will march on without noticing there was an issue.
NegativeK 14y ago
By cutting out all of the vital clues, the interviewer is making sure that the candidate is even remotely looking for them. Too many clients will smile and nod when they don't understand something. That's far less of a telling sign than staring blankly. When explaining things, I somewhat worry that I'm going to come off like an arrogant prick when I look someone in the eye and ask "Does that make sense?" If you don't, though, you run the risk of people not opening the floodgate of questions they have -- or, worse, you run the risk of assuming that they actually understand and that everything is golden.