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Originally Posted by The_Blur
Is a poorly worded questionnaire a better indicator of job performance? Have you seen an improvement in the level of competence of your fellow employees at your workplace since the mass implementation of these ridiculous questionnaires?
Interviews show something very easily overlooked: chemistry. Is this person a good fit? Do they make eye contact? Are they socially inept? We want to work with people that are capable of both working and working with others. Some people might have years of experience in management but fail to communicate, leading to incompetence when it comes to conveying important information to subordinates.
Had we forms like this to file 150 years ago, I guarantee you that President Lincoln would have been laughed off stage for lack of a 4-year degree. Remember, most people get sorted to the trash bin when they check the "no" box beneath the question "did you graduate from college?" Some of the greatest innovators of history break the mold, and we as a society fail to recognize that greatness is more than a list of check boxes. Greatness is evident in those who go above the highest, most elite standards of measure, and we take them out of our businesses for lack of the most minimal standards of measure.
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I didn't say the interview was useless. It,
alone, is not a good predictor of job performace. You can have a useless dork interview well, and a genius get nervous and interview poorly. But, that is what many people rely on!
Many employers over rate their own ability to judge people. This isn't my opinion, these are facts.