Discussion about this post

User's avatar
Lauren Gishuru's avatar

Just want to share that I can personally attest to these leadership qualities you bring to an organization. It's all about the long game, which I believe kindness and outcomes are prime for. Can you share some examples of how to give feedback in an interview? Would this be in a 2nd meeting? Or in real time? I love it.

Expand full comment
Ashlyn Adelman's avatar

I recently had a behavioral interview with a med tech company known for having a great culture where they asked something to the effect of “Tell me about a time someone (you or someone else) didn’t get the credit they deserved and what you did.”

This was the first time I have ever heard a question at all similar to this and it honestly stumped me, partly because I have worked with some great managers like yourself so always felt I got more credit than I deserved. I ended up telling him about a time I led analysts on a proposal and had to clarify to the partners who was actually doing the work (the bomb analysts of course).

I think this question is poking at something really essential to organizations and along the lines of what you hit on above. I just wonder if there is potentially an even better way to ask it to hit the nail on the head without allowing candidates to manipulate answers to seem like they are a good person when they are not.

Expand full comment
1 more comment...

No posts