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When I take on a new interview coaching client, particularly one with a lot of hiring experience, I often ask them about how they like to kick off candidate interviews. It can tell me a lot about the work that lies ahead.
I often hear something like this: “I like to start with a fairly open-ended question about who they are as a person. Something like, ‘What’s something interesting about you?’ or ‘Tell me about yourself.’ That gets the ball rolling.”
When I ask these same leaders about the challenges they face in interviews — that is, the