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Dear Fellow Collegues,
Sometimes, I wonder whether the Recruitment at the Junior Level and at the Senior level is the same? NO..thats my answer.
Though, I am not an expert at recruitment and have been able to sit as a panel in recruitment in both senior level and junior level at a few instances only...I could feel the difference.
I have worked in domains other than Direct Recruitment, and have handled both Line HR and Consulting HR functions. My experience is, the employer (ie. Panel of Interviewers) tends to ask more questions about the WHAT has been the interviewee's experience so far and HOW did he manage the show. Here usually, the interviewee tells his/her major achievements/projects and how they managed. Whereas, to my surprise, at Senior Level, employers tend to ask only "WHAT" question and HOW has been missing as a question. If interviewee himself/herself describes that how did they manage, its fine, but somehow I have felt that the Interviewing Panel tends to take it granted that HOW thing automatically comes at Senior level and hence, only WHAT questions are relevant. However, this is very deceiving....isn't it? Many a times, HOW thing is as important as WHAT thing because, ultimately, it show the ability to manage things. Becasue the persons has many years of experience, HOW things is not important is the thing in the minds of the Interview panel. But its a risk. It can jeopardise the functioning of the organisation is a mistake is done during the Recruitment.
Perhaps the most evident reason for not asking HOW is the reluctance being the senior level position and the pre-occupied mind with the assumption that at Senior Level, HOW is already developed. Regards, Shawn
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