BONUS: Are Job Interviews Utterly Useless?

On today’s bonus episode of Find Your Dream Job, the Mac’s List team discusses a New York Times article, The Utter Uselessness of Job Interviews, which highlighted the flawed nature of using job interviews to make big hiring decisions. Surveys revealed inherent biases and blind spots for hiring managers in the interview process. So, if job interviews are useless, what’s a job seeker to do?

It’s important to remember that an interview is only one part of a multi-stage hiring system, including the initial application process, background and reference checks.

So what can you do to do well in a flawed interview system?

• Do structured research about issues the company may be facing.
• If possible, build relationships with employees of the company before your interview.
• Be proactive and fill in the gaps about important items not addressed by the interviewer.
• Recognize the interview process is imperfect and don’t take it personally if you don’t get the position.

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