Interviewing
7 articles tagged with “Interviewing”
Why Most Competency Frameworks Fail in Practice (And What to Use Instead)
Competency frameworks read as rigorous but rarely change how interviews actually run: they decay as roles shift, and they hand interviewers abstractions instead of usable questions. A lighter, question-level instrument tied to the actual job holds up better, and structured screening keeps it consistent across every candidate.
The Calibration Problem: Why Two Hiring Managers See the Same Candidate Differently
When two interviewers score the same candidate differently, the gap usually isn't about facts. It's about the lack of a shared rubric. Here's what the calibration problem actually costs, what the research says about closing it, and where structured screening fits in the loop.
The Panel Interview: When It Helps, When It Hurts, and How to Fix It
Panel interviews look like rigor, but unless they're designed with scoped coverage, independent ratings, and a reversed debrief order, they collapse into the hiring manager's first impression amplified four times. A field guide to running panels that actually improve decisions, with the structured screening that should run before the panel ever sits down.
How Technical Hiring Got Broken (And the Teams Fixing It)
LeetCode screens, marathon take-homes, and whiteboard sessions that measure anxiety more than ability have drifted far from what actually predicts engineering job performance. Here is what the research shows, and what the teams rebuilding their process around structured signal are doing differently.
Structured vs Unstructured Interviews: What 80 Years of Research Actually Says
Most companies still run unstructured interviews, despite eight decades of research showing they are weak predictors of job performance. This article examines what the evidence actually says, why the practice persists, and what changes when hiring teams commit to structure.
The Interview Loop Problem: How Too Many Rounds Lose You Great Candidates
Longer interview loops don't improve hiring decisions—they increase dropout rates, with 36% of candidates withdrawing because the process felt like too many hoops and 42% citing scheduling delays as the breaking point. Additional rounds accumulate time and friction without adding the signal hiring teams believe they're collecting.
Why Your Phone Screen Is Filtering Out Your Best Candidates
Unstructured phone screens don't filter for ability—they filter for extroversion, availability at a fixed moment, and verbal confidence under pressure, none of which reliably predict job performance. The candidates most likely to be eliminated are often the deliberate, careful thinkers who would perform best in the role.