Alexander Smith’s Post

Navigating the job interview process can be a daunting experience, often filled with self-doubt and anxiety. However, it's crucial to keep a positive mindset and remember the significance of reaching this stage. The mere fact that you've been invited for an interview indicates that the hiring team sees potential in your skills and experiences. They believe you have what it takes to potentially fill the role. Securing an interview means you've already outperformed many other applicants. The initial application pool can be vast, and standing out among dozens or even hundreds of candidates is no small feat. Recognize this achievement as a reflection of your capabilities. Remember, you’ve already come this far, and that’s a significant accomplishment. Maintain your confidence, and approach the interview with the mindset that you belong there. Trust in your qualifications, recognize the seriousness of the interview process, appreciate the competitive nature of securing an interview, and most importantly, stay confident. You've got this.

Absolutely loved this post by Alexander Smith! 🎯 It's such a great reminder that if you're in the interview process, you're already a strong contender. Companies invest time in candidates they believe have potential. Remember, you stood out among many others to get that interview. Stay confident and believe in your journey. You've earned this opportunity! #JobSearch #InterviewTips #StayConfident #CareerGrowth

Important reminder:

Candidates will more often than not give their best performance at an interview when they feel relaxed, comfortable and welcomed. We've a few helpful tips here which you should bear in mind next time you're interviewing, to make sure you let the candidate perform as well as they can: #OurBobsJobs #OurBobsBlogs

On Monday, I email every candidate that has an interview scheduled this week. I want to make sure things are good. After each interview, I give an update and make sure they don’t have unanswered questions. If they don’t get the job, I’ll follow up and tell them why and leave the door open for future conversations. It takes a little extra time to create a good candidate experience but it’s worth it. Candidates deserve transparency and honest feedback.

A candidates experience when interviewing with a client is sooo important! Its the first insight they are going to get into the company which they may (or may not) work for! Having an interview process which is long and drawn out is going to leave candidates wondering how interested you actually are in them. 🤔 If you have for example a 3 stage interview process but you push it through quickly, this will be so much more appealing than a 2 stage process which takes longer. 🤯 Speed is everything in this game... wait around and you will lose confidence from the candidate! ⏳⏳

ABSOLUTELY. Automated emails should not be used after you have met with someone face-to-face(Yes even virtually). #RespectfulRecruiting I went through this last year and had to make a decision to deliver the news that several candidates who interviewed, were not selected. I had a choice: send the news by way of email, or by calling them directly. To make it even more stressful of a decision, it was the day before Thanksgiving when this news had to be delivered. The easy route would have been to send out timed emails, but in no way would that have been the correct route. I called each candidate who interviewed and delivered the news, offering my thanks for their time along with more thorough feedback at a later date if they were interested. I will admit, ending those calls with "Enjoy your Thanksgiving weekend" left me with a miserable and awkward feeling at first...But every candidate thanked me at a later time for calling them directly and expressed that it was easier to digest and focus on how they could improve after our talks, instead of being left to wonder about the potential feeling of "what went wrong?" that an email would have left them with. Having those folks express their appreciation for the direct phone call was all I needed to hear to know that I made the right decision that day as a leader. Do the right thing, it takes more thought and effort, but these individuals invest their time and energy into your interview process and should be deserving of such respect. #Leadership #HumanDignity #RecruitmentIntegrity

Pitiful, many hiring teams looking to hire smart employees (with numbers of qualities on their list) they themselves do not even have these qualities. If a company doesn't know when/how to switch protocols based on the situation, don't fold for not being hired by them, you're only being saved from a future inhumane treatments. You're being saved from getting queried for taking impromptu sick leave and all kinds of workplace toxicities.

My personal approach is that the interview process is the employer’s opportunity to spotlight the company culture and turn every candidate into a company advocate. In an age of social media in which people amass followers and in which each of us is an “influencer” to some degree, we as job candidates have the power to reach entire networks of others who may be current or future job candidates. How a company handles applicant rejections and particularly rejections of candidates that make it to the final rounds speaks volumes. Whether it’s a call or an email to notify a final candidate they were not selected, take the time to make it personal and demonstrate that you are a company that values its greatest assets. The little bit of time it takes to add the personal touch could mean the difference between a rejected candidate who sings your company’s praises and a rejected candidate who lowers your rating on sites like Glassdoor.