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Hire well

Interviews that get the real example, hold the silence, and end with a clear next step.

For
hiring managerrecruitertalenthrpeoplemanager
Meetings
Interview
By
sidekick
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Lens

How Sidekick reads these meetings when you walk this route.

In an interview the candidate's story is the surface; the example is the evidence. Inquiry 4+ means the same structured questions for every candidate, then follow-ups: the specific case, their own part, the result; asking what they would do in a concrete situation counts too. Closing 4+ means the candidate left knowing the next step and when. Selling the role for half the time is Inquiry 2. Leaving a pause after a question is a good habit.

Path

Milestones tick themselves as your meetings meet them, in order.

  1. 1
    Probe past the first answer in 3 interviewsScore 4+ out of 5 on Inquiry in 3 interviewsskill:inquiry >= 4 x3 kind:interview
  2. 2
    A silence that got the real answerA Great composure moment in interviewsmoments:great x1 skill:composure kind:interview
  3. 3
    Three interviews closed with a next stepScore 4+ out of 5 on Closing in 3 interviewsskill:closing >= 4 x3 kind:interview
  4. 4
    Inquiry ProficientInquiry level 60 (Proficient)level:inquiry >= 60

Focus tracks

Each one becomes a skill with its own level once you walk the route; unrated until then.

Get the exampleasks for a specific situation, or what they would do in one, then their part and the result
Inquiry
Let it breatheholds the silence after a question instead of rescuing it
Composure
Next step and whencloses with what happens next and by when
Closing

Achievements

  • Got the exampleFive interviews that got the specific caseskill:inquiry >= 4 x5 kind:interview
  • Held the silenceThree questions you let breathemoments:great x3 skill:composure kind:interview
  • Clear next stepFive candidates who left knowing what happens nextskill:closing >= 4 x5 kind:interview
  • Fair and clearFive interviews where every question was one questionskill:clarity >= 4 x5 kind:interview
  • Twenty inFive interview goals achievedgoal:achieved x5 kind:interview

Drills

Lines to practice your answer to, before the meeting where someone says them.

CandidateI led the whole migration, basically, with the team.Inquiry
CandidateThat's a good question.Composure
CandidateSo what are the next steps from here?Closing
CandidateWhat's the team culture like?Clarity
CandidateI'd rather not talk about why I left.Composure
CandidateI have another offer and need to answer by Friday.Pushback