I try to create an environment to minimize interview stress, and I think I'm an okay judge of character. However, that said, there are two, rather cold, views on this.
A) There's enough candidates that you don't have to worry about failing somebody incorrectly. It's better to accidentally reject qualified people than to occassionally accept unqualified people. The quantity of applications makes it harder for individual applicants.
B) It's part of the job. The skills you use during the interview will be required again while you are working. If the pressure, or anxiety, hurts your performance in the interview, should I not assume it might also hurt your performance in a job? I know the interview tends to exacerbate issues, but I don't think it fundamentally creates them.
As an interviewer you try your best to see through interview stress, but you won't be perfect. The unfortunate truth is that interviews aren't merely an assessment of your abilities, they are a competition. And you have to train to win at them. I'd prefer this weren't the case, and I try to minimize it, but it's still the reality we face now. :(
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I try to create an environment to minimize interview stress, and I think I'm an okay judge of character. However, that said, there are two, rather cold, views on this.
A) There's enough candidates that you don't have to worry about failing somebody incorrectly. It's better to accidentally reject qualified people than to occassionally accept unqualified people. The quantity of applications makes it harder for individual applicants.
B) It's part of the job. The skills you use during the interview will be required again while you are working. If the pressure, or anxiety, hurts your performance in the interview, should I not assume it might also hurt your performance in a job? I know the interview tends to exacerbate issues, but I don't think it fundamentally creates them.
As an interviewer you try your best to see through interview stress, but you won't be perfect. The unfortunate truth is that interviews aren't merely an assessment of your abilities, they are a competition. And you have to train to win at them. I'd prefer this weren't the case, and I try to minimize it, but it's still the reality we face now. :(