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How to avoid making bad hires

A surprising number of managers talk so much during interviews, that they end up hiring people who aren’t right for the job.

For job candidates, it can come as a welcome relief — or an unbearable annoyance. Call it the gasbag syndrome: the all-too-human tendency of interviewers to prattle on about themselves and their companies rather than give airtime to the person who wants the job.

An interviewer’s most common mistake

The costly consequences often go unnoticed: An unqualified candidate marvels at how mere nodding yielded an offer, or a hot prospect is passed over, simply for failing to penetrate the wall of blather. "It’s the most common mistake made by interviewers," says David Ibarra, director of talent acquisition for $20 billion health insurer WellPoint (Research). "You leave an interview not knowing who the candidate really is."

Business 2.0 Magazine
by Ann Marsh, Business 2.0 Magazine

Full Story: http://money.cnn.com/2006/03/07/magazines/business2/badhires/index.htm

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