Either this is your worst fear, or something you’ve suspected all along: job interviews are worse than useless, they’re harmful.
At least, that’s the conclusion of a recent behavioral study co-authored by Jason Dana, a Professor at Yale, who concluded that unstructured, get-to-know-you job interviews distract interviewers from what’s valuable about a candidate. That’s partially because people can turn any information, even irrelevant information, into a cogent narrative that’s not necessarily representative of a candidate’s capabilities.
We want to hear from you. What are your interview horror stories, either as an interviewer or an interviewee? Do you agree with Dana’s conclusion? And is there value in an unstructured interview?
Guest:
Jason Dana, assistant professor of management and marketing at Yale; his research focuses on how people make decisions in managerial and consumer contexts