Re: [tlug] CW: Josh, put down your coffee [was: Ghosted?]

[Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com>]

On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:25, James Tobin <[jamesbtobin@example.com](mailto:On Wed, Jul 30, 2025 at 11:25, James Tobin <<a href=)> wrote:

> On Wed, 30 Jul 2025 at 10:03, Josh Glover <jmglov@example.com> wrote:
>
> [JTOBIN] I agree. I have often coached such people to be much better
> interviewers-with success. However, I was once asked by a hiring
> manager not to do so.

Strange. Why would a hiring manager not want their interviewers to be as good as possible? Making a bad hire is one of the most expensive mistakes you can make.

Or are you referring to a hiring manager asking that you not coach candidates? Again, I’d prefer meeting someone who is able to demonstrate the best of what they have to offer. In fact, that’s how I train interviewers: our job is to create an environment where the candidate can be at their best, then look for evidence that they’d be successful in the role (and/or company—I’ve interviewed plenty of people who weren’t suited for the role I was hiring for but that I recommended for other roles at the company, some of whom we ended up hiring).

>> I thought I’d done some writing about this in the past, but all I turned up was this:
>>
>> https://jmglov.net/blog/2022-08-03-reviewing-interviewing.html
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> [JTOBIN] This reads well! Perhaps a little too simplistic,
> interviewing, is almost like dating, or simply put, having a good,
> coherent, effectless conversation.

Yeah, that’s not a bad way of putting it. Except, as Seinfeld famously noted, you’re unlikely to end up naked at the end of a good interview. That’s frowned upon. ;)

Cheers,
Josh