We provide competency-based behavioral interviewing training for interview teams including hiring managers, recruiters, and interviewers.
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Oct 2018
A joint project of researchers at Duke and Penn State found that kids who showed specific social competency traits in kindergarten were four times more likely to graduate college and have a full-time job by age 25.
May 2017
If you don't think a single lazy or incompetent employee can damage an entire organization, think again. Research conducted at several major universities shows that adding just one "bad apple" to a group can drive down performance by 30 to 40 percent.
Jan 2016
Some argue there are currently plenty of qualified individuals in the workforce and that employers routinely overlook top candidates and artificially create a skills gap.
Sep 2015
Selecting competencies as part of the hiring process can be a problem for hiring managers and interview teams who jump on the "competencies bandwagon" too quickly.
Dec 2013
Shift focus away from resumes and credentials and learn more about how and why a recent graduate excelled in their studies and relevant activities.
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Oct 2018
A joint project of researchers at Duke and Penn State found that kids who showed specific social competency traits in kindergarten were four times more likely to graduate college and have a full-time job by age 25.
May 2017
If you don't think a single lazy or incompetent employee can damage an entire organization, think again. Research conducted at several major universities shows that adding just one "bad apple" to a group can drive down performance by 30 to 40 percent.
Jan 2016
Some argue there are currently plenty of qualified individuals in the workforce and that employers routinely overlook top candidates and artificially create a skills gap.
Sep 2015
Selecting competencies as part of the hiring process can be a problem for hiring managers and interview teams who jump on the "competencies bandwagon" too quickly.
Mar 2014
A growing number of top business leaders are endorsing hiring practices similar to our Effective Interviewing!® techniques, which emphasize behavioral qualities over conventional accomplishments.
Dec 2013
Shift focus away from resumes and credentials and learn more about how and why a recent graduate excelled in their studies and relevant activities.
Aug 2013
To make successful hires, organizations should be determining the competencies they need to move into the future.
Aug 2012
After running through six chief executives in five years, struggling web giant Yahoo hired a seventh: Google veteran Marissa Mayer. Although some pundits are betting against Mayer, we think she stands a chance of turning Yahoo around—but only if she was vetted properly.
Jan 2011
The problem interviewers face is getting beyond the flawless facade to the real candidate. One extremely effective way of doing this is to make behavioral events the focus of the interview.
Aug 2010
The cultural or organizational fit of a candidate is a critical element in any hiring decision. Let’s look at Mark Papermaster, who left Apple just fifteen months after joining them from IBM.
Apr 2010
Despite the importance of the concept of organizational culture, many companies find it difficult to accurately define theirs. In his book, The Reengineering Alternative: A Plan for Making Your Current Culture Work, William E. Schneider, Ph.D., uses four models or types to define corporate culture.
Sep 2008
We believe in scheduling interviews so each interviewer learns as much as possible about every candidate. All interviewers elicit a wide range of competencies that reveal strengths and limitations, and they look for repeated patterns of both.
Apr 2008
We have been promoting competency-based interviewing skills for so long, we sometimes forget how new and exciting this approach is for some companies. And while we're happy that so many businesses are adopting what we believe is a superior approach to interviewing, we're also disturbed by the extremes to which some organizations have gone.
Jul 2005
We view the assessment of Judge John Roberts for the next Supreme Court position as falling into two phases - credentials and competencies.
Nov 2003
We explore Harvard behavioral scientist D. C. McClelland's work on competency and predicting job performance based on people who are clearly successful in their jobs.
Nov 2003
One method of developing the competencies described by D. C. McClelland is by conducting Behavioral Event Interviews. The objective of a Behavioral Event Interview (BEI) is to get very detailed behavioral descriptions of how a person goes about doing his or her work.
May 2003
An effective interview progresses from knowing what someone did to understanding how and why he or she did it. This second level of understanding adds value to any interview and is the basic premise behind behavior-based interviewing.
Apr 2003
For certain clients, we use Professor Kotter's concepts in our Effective Interviewing!® seminar to define the competency differences between Managers and Leaders.
Apr 2003
The March, 2003 scandal at the New York Stock Exchange underscored the importance of defining competencies before you interview a candidate.
Apr 1998
According to a recent article in The Harvard Business Review, nearly 40% of new management hires fail within the first year. Why the high failure rate? Research suggests, in the majority of cases, the answer lies in a poor fit between new employees and their corporate cultures.
Here are some quick tips from our interview training seminar to help you conduct a successful interview. We recommend that you complete the first three steps before the interview.
Most of us have experienced the interview from the candidate's perspective. But how often do we have an opportunity to evaluate the interviewer?
