Prepare him for the tough questions
During an interview, a candidate might try to hide a flaw or become angry when you press her about it.
So, Bobby Merrill advises us to calm the candidate down before a hard grilling.
First, he coaches him about the need for honesty. It makes good sense but, unless I was speaking to an inexperienced teenager, I think this would sound condescending.
Billy, I hope this will be an interesting interview for you. I'm interested in getting to know you. I promise to be completely upfront and honest, and I need the same from you. Honesty here is more important than anything else."
Then he goes after him, as he must, for the standard gaps-in-the-resume routine.
* Your work-history lists years but not months. Please tell me what those are?
* It looks like there was a gap between these jobs. Tell me about that
* There's no graduation date. Did you graduate?
* Looks like you went back to school after working a while. Tell me about that
In my experience, candidates absolutely hate this because the gaps are put there deliberately to hide weaknesses they don't want you to know. And, which they act as if you don't have a right to know.
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