Hishem Azzouz explains how to dig past surface answers in candidate interviews. Ask what they don't want in a role, not just what they do. A candidate who says they're curious about the market after seven months might actually need flexibility for a new family situation.
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Oftentimes what people have to get better at is not taking the first answer for what it is.
When you say, it's really interesting to know why you're actually looking for a new role when you've only been there for 7 months, and they'll go, I'm just curious to know what's out there. It's like, you're not curious to know what's out there, you wouldn't be on the phone to me if that was the case. And then just really trying to dig into that. So I said, I'll say, is there anything now in your current role that you change? And then they start to say stuff where you're like, ah, so that's what it is. They've not mentioned at all before that they go into the office 5 days a week, and all of a sudden they're like, I've got a wife now and I'd quite like a bit more of a flexible role. You never said that when I asked what you'd want. So, and a good question I always think to ask when you're asking them what they're looking for, is there anything that I could put in front of you right now that you wouldn't like? Because people go, I'm really open, I'd look at anything, and then you start to put opportunities in front of them. They're like, no, no, no. I said, I thought you were open to anything. So actually saying, what do you not want as opposed to what do you want?
