Ignoramus7018 wrote:
On 2011-07-26, wrote:

(...)

I think the interview appeals to our Western
Linear Thinking. Unfortunately it may not be nearly
as valuable as we think it is.

Winston, academic research agrees with you in that interviews are
usually worthless.

What I try to do at interviews is to gauge the technical skill of the
applicant.

Except for the ones who slouch of course.



And we've all run into the occasional employee who
'interviewed well' but is nonetheless poisonous.

In my experience, managers tend to select people who they
feel that they can easily control. The productivity
and happiness of the company aren't anywhere near their
agenda.

Obviously, there have been exceptions to that generality.

Historically speaking. In the past. Previously.

--Winston