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RE: Re: Why they don't ask for candidates by technology skills.
Subject:RE: Re: Why they don't ask for candidates by technology skills. From:Lisa Kemp <lnk -at- ontario -dot- com> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 19 Feb 2003 13:50:01 -0500
There are just too many legal issues you want to avoid during interviewing.
I would never accuse a candidate of lying for those reasons. In fact, I try
to never give the candidate any indication of how well (or poorly) they are
doing during or after the interview. The "going postal" argument is a good
one also. As an employer, I have no ethical obligation to reform a person
who would lie in an interview. It would be a silent bridge burned with me.
-----Original Message-----
From: Bonnie Granat [mailto:bgranat -at- editors-writers -dot- info]
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 1:41 PM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: Re: Re: Why they don't ask for candidates by technology skills.
> Possibly, but it's a basic guideline for interviewers that
> you never call a candidate on even the most obvious lie.
> It can lead to all sorts of unforseen results, from legal
> issues to people "going postal" right at the interview
> (I actually know of one incident where a candidate had to
> be escorted out of an interview by a company's security
> because of the way he reacted to something that happened
> during the meeting, fortunately not at a company I worked
> at).
>
> Gene Kim-Eng
>
>
>
Good grief, Gene! I hadn't thought of that. Thanks for the wake-up call on
that one.
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