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Why Job Interviews and Dating are Pretty Much the Same Thing
Over the course of the past month, I’ve been involved in the interview process to help fill an open position on my team at work. I’ve had experience with interviewing candidates for other companies I’ve worked for, but not at the volume in comparison to this past month. This time around, I’d say that I’ve had much more exposure to different types of people, different types of backgrounds, different scenarios, and now have a better sense of what to look for versus what not to look for in a candidate.
Conducting a job interview can be a long and tiring process which, after a while, can get a little redundant. However, when you’re on the other side of the fence — when you’re the one who’s interviewing for a job — it can be an even more tiring process and slightly more nerve-wrecking for you than the person who’s interviewing you. You can even say that there are unwritten laws, certain “to-dos” and “not-to-dos” when interviewing for a job.
These are usually things that seem like common sense and you would assume everyone knows. Unfortunately, you can never make those assumptions because the truth is, not everyone tends to follow these unwritten laws. Not everyone knows they even exist.
When you’re meeting someone for the first time, such as in a job interview, you have to realize that first…
