Interviewing Candidates (Badly)

What can go wrong? When candidate interviewing becomes a lesson to remember...

Talk given at DevOpsDays Tel Aviv, December 2016
Video of talk in process.

Transcript

1. Interviewing Candidates (Badly) Crystal M. Huff, Executive Director of Include Better @CrystalMHuff, @CrystalVisits
2. “Start by being kind.” Astrid Atkinson, 2016
3. Raise your hand! © Brad Cerenzia
4. Unconscious biases are social stereotypes about certain groups of people that individuals form outside their own conscious awareness. Everyone holds unconscious beliefs about various social and identity groups, and these biases stem from one’s tendency to organize social worlds by categorizing. Dr. Renee Navarro
8. “Personal Assessment”
9. GROWTH © Maria Keays
10. “Talent Assessment”
11. There is no “perfect test” to find some bugs.
12. Storytime “He didn’t dress the part!”
14. Please rethink that phrase. © Josh Rossi
15. Storytime “Would you eat a kitten to get this job?”
16. Kittens are cute! © Rani Graff
17. A/B Kitten Comparison © Rani Graff
18. © Rani Graff VERY CUTE CAT!
19. Storytime “Tell us what your labels are!”
20. © Tom Eversley
21. This was my face, on the inside. A.D. Crabtre, 1874
22. Be aware of governing laws!
23. Power Imbalances © Brenda Clarke on Flickr
24. IMPOSTOR SYNDROME
25. © Sean MacEntee
27. Momentarily charismatic ...
28. Horror show later!
29. Todah Rabah!