Your Talent Acquisition Partner or Human Resources Professional has done an outstanding job of sourcing a very qualified candidate for your hard to fill position and the interview date is approaching. Are you, the hiring manager, ready?

What we are hearing from candidates and human resources professionals alike is many hiring managers are still “winging it” on interview day.
Here are some things I’ve heard:

1) “Sorry, my hiring manager double booked his time and is away from the office.” This is typically Human Resources apologizing even though they confirmed the meeting in the last 48 hours.
2) “They expect me to be on time, even early for the interview and then they leave me in the lobby. If this is their way of seeing how I deal with adversity then I’m not interested.”
3) “I did my homework about their company and even reviewed the LinkedIn profile of the interviewer and it appeared they were reading my resume’ for the first time.”

A paraphrase from a recent morning reflection may say it best:

“No work is of value without preparation. Cut short preparation and many hours of work may be profitless.”