Tuesday, February 06, 2007

It's only tuesday night, seems like it should be friday. So, how does one decide on a candidate's eligibility in a half an hour phone conversation or even a half an hour meeting. I have interviewed several people recently over the phone for our summer internship program - I liked one of them and did not like another one right away. The third guy was a bubble in my mind, and it was not easy deciding at all. He did not seem off the chart smarts and he was not dumb. And then there are recommendees by someone higher up in the firm - should that play in their favor or against them? Two schools of thought on that one - if the recommender is very high up and does not directly influence the interviewer (esp in a big firm), it might not be as favorable for the candidate as it would be if the candidate was recommended by someone in a position to influence the interviewers on a day-to-day basis. Ofcourse the reputation of the recommender is of huge importance.

and then there are assholes at every firm who need to be involved in everything and go on a power-trip when they are...how do you deal with such?

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