BRX Pro Tip: Don’t Hire Based on an Interview
Stone Payton: And we are back with Business RadioX Pro Tips, Lee Kantor and Stone Payton here with you. Lee, what are you learning, what are you feeling about hiring or interviewing someone?
Lee Kantor: What I’ve learned, especially doing so many interviews with so many people in HR, in today’s world where there’s so much remote work and people are contract, it is so much more effective rather than hiring based on any type of an interview or a resume, hire based on actually them doing some work. You know, hire them for a project, because resumes don’t tell you the truth, they tell you what someone says they can do. But a project is going to show you what they can actually do.
Lee Kantor: So, a pre-interview project, to me, will give you a better taste of the truth and gives you a real world look at how a person thinks, how they solve a problem, how they communicate, how they follow through, all this stuff you want to get right when it comes to hiring. So, in an interview, a person can say anything. Some people are really good at interviewing, some people are super persuasive. But a project is really a lie detector test.
Lee Kantor: And in today’s world where you have to trust, but you also have to verify, it’s just a more effective and efficient way to make sure you’re getting the right candidate for the job. And this is going to also filter candidates who are truly interested and willing to engage. You’re not just hiring a skill. You’re hiring commitment, curiosity, someone who’s going to work in real conditions, not just how they’ll talk about it.
Lee Kantor: And you can still interview them after the project. I’m not saying not to interview them after the project. But it’s a lot easier to interview somebody after they’ve done something. That way, it’s not hypotheticals or fluffy interviews. You have something real to talk to them about. So, my recommendation is start with a project before an interview.
