My wife was at an interview last week for a medical position that is similar to her most current role.\u00a0 She walked into the lobby to find 4 other candidates there.\u00a0 They were all called in to a conference room by the HR person.\u00a0 They were then asked questions individually and asked to answer in front of the other candidates!<\/p>\n
The 5 of them were then asked to role play certain situations while the rest observed.\u00a0 Finally, they were given a tour of the clinic and then had to provide their own tour to a staff person.\u00a0 The point, I guess, was to see how they handled prospective patient visits.<\/p>\n
Suffice to say, I was laughing my way through the story as she told me later that evening.\u00a0 But what of this?\u00a0 What is the purpose for running a group interview?\u00a0 Personally, I have never heard of such an approach.\u00a0 The HR person was quite young and perhaps only a handful of years removed from college.\u00a0 My wife was offput by the fact that she was not provided the opportunity to ask questions of the hiring manager regarding the position or the company.\u00a0 Her characterization of the entire experience was that it was more like a silly game than a professional interview.<\/p>\n
I personally think this was some textbook theory that sounds \u201cprogressive\u201d in college but fails in the real world.\u00a0 My experienced wife was not impressed.\u00a0 In fact, she was laughing about the comical nature of the entire event.\u00a0 She has shared her experience throughout much of her network (to their great delight).<\/p>\n
I appreciate new approaches, but I find this one to be a bridge too far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"