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Thursday
19Feb2009

Make sure to prep for those interviews

You as a recruiter need to always make sure your candidates are 100% ready for every interview.  You may not always know the answers but you need to get as much information as you can and prep the candidate for the questions you don't have.  And don't guess either, find out for sure!

They should know how long the interview will take, who will be in the room and what areas will be covered.  Besides these obvious ones, you should know if the interviewer likes aggressive answers, very detailed answers or even their common outside work interests.

Everytime a candidate doesn't get a job because they answered a "impression" question wrong, and they are technically qualified, it's the recruiters fault.  Don't get lazy, especially in this business downturn, every interview is critical.

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