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A lot of means are used to verify the candidates, as the competition of resumes, questionnaires and tests, and a variety of interviews. You can be prepared for all this, but you need to keep in mind one more thing – you are estimated even if you do not suspect this.
We encourage our readers to be vigilant – for employers there are no trifles. To learn more about the future staff, they do a variety of tricks. In this way, the president of one company makes inquiries about the car with which the candidate arrived for an interview, and then sends the Secretary for the exploration. “Secretary finds a right parked car and looks whether it is clean and there is a disorder in the cabin,” – says Tina Hamilton, a specialist of a HireVision Group recruitment company. The manager uses the received information for further assessment of the nature of the candidate.
Car is not the only thing. Some recruiters specifically compel the candidates to wait for interviews under the supervision of the Secretary at the reception. The report on how he/she spent the time is later given to the interviewer. So, if you do not intend to sit quietly and wait until you are invited, take care of proper lesson. In order not to discredit themselves before the interview, experts recommend, for example, to view his/her resume or read the business press, brought with them or proposed by the Secretary.
Coming to the “lair of the enemy” and it is worth remembering that the talker is a godsend for a spy. Woffls Natush, the president of The Barrett Group consulting firm, talks about the top managers, who was entrusted to conduct traditional interviews with the candidate to their employees. He himself was limited to friendly conversation, during which as if by chance did unpleasant remark about one of the interviewers and the candidate was interested in opinions about this man. Whether the candidate agreed with the critics or not, he did not receive the job. It was usually offered to those who flatly refused to discuss. Gossip in the company was not welcomed.
