Ten Minute Guide to Conducting a Job Interview
by William W. Larson
Had been interviewing candidates without much success lately, so grabbed a few books about interviewing to get a more in-depth feel of the subject.
Despite the claim, more than 10 minutes is required to read this book but it can scanned through pretty quickly.
Overall I find most of the content not very helpful to my context. The book is targeted at the American interviewers so many of the suggestions are not relevant to China or even Singapore or for that matter anywhere outside US.
There are plenty of legal cautions and Amazon.com reviews praised the legal section. Just by reading them alone, one can imagine the "Legal Minefield" American interviewers had to tread through.
The author recommended his Structured Behavioral Interviewing and claim and tried to sells its strength.
My only take away is the anecdote about the woman interviewee whose father passed away. It paints a very vivid picture of how one should be careful about judging body language.
If for nothing, the book serves as a good background understanding of what different employer of different culture, nationality are preoccupied with when interviewing.
What would be an ideal interview book for me?
It should
- cover interviewing in China or at the very least cover cultural differences and how to handle them;
- include what small company should do, most book assume a big corporate setting;
- describe from both interviewer and interviewee perspectives
Let me know if you came across such book.
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