Sunday, September 5, 2010

Interviewer Vs Interviewed

It seems that more than getting a work clearing an interview is difficult. It is a full time job with no pay. There are so many reasons for not having the interview. Things like the person is not in his place, he has taken off today, he is busy in a meeting, these are common ones. There is a huge barrier between the chap waiting for an interview call and the person who is going to take this interview.

Both come together with different objectives. The person coming for an interview is looking for a high compensation and job satisfaction, while the person who is going to take the interview is looking for a suitable candidate as per the specification he has received. He knows that there are many people in the market who will fulfil the specification. He knows it, that there will be a long queue outside his office who wish to attend the interview and please the panel. When he thinks that there will be queue he sees only 2 to 4 people coming, when he expects none to come he sees all potentially unsuitable candidates lining outside the office.

Both for the interviewer and the interviewed the task is difficult. It is obviously more difficult for the interviewed, because he knows he is the sacrificial goat.

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