Beck: Candidates Script Hypothetical Answers, So Ask Past-Tense Interview Questions
Pia Beck · The 3 Things She Gives Her Team That Nobody Ever Gave Her · Mar 12, 2021 · at 17:32
Pia Beck, CEO of Curate Well Co and former HR executive, discusses candidate evaluation techniques with host Sean Weisbrot.
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“It's one of my favorite ways to ask interview questions because people tend to know the quote-unquote right answer to a question, and so if you ask for a specific example, you're calling upon them to actually speak to an experience they've had, and it's just going to give you so much more information.”
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