I'm curious if you've had this experience too, particularly around self-management. I have found not an insignificant number of people who talk a really good game about the principles and purpose and are full of shit in terms of their ability to actually work in a self-managed system. That's probably the easiest thing to scratch in a conversation because it's hard to fake. Like I can smell a fake self-management advocate from a mile away. The other stuff is much harder in without getting into the work. It always fascinates me that you have aligned yourself with this entire belief system that you cannot get with in practice at all?
There’s a lot of “Looking for a job” energy in the world right now—but interviewing can be a nerve-racking experience. Folks on both sides of the equation want something—reliable gig, reliable colleague—and that can give way to performativity, misrepresentation, and hidden agendas. Because when an interview process doesn’t incentivize authenticity, negative patterns can pop off real quick.
In this episode of Brave New Work, Aaron Dignan and Rodney Evans offer guidance on building better interviews, including:
- The importance for interviewees to self-assess skills already mastered and skills yet learned
- How both sides of the interviewing equation can create space for more curiosity and nuance
- The lies we tell ourselves about resumes and cover letters
- Why designing interviews that simulate real-life work are so critical
- The top four questions Aaron asks himself as an interviewer
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