Employment Interview when the answer is “No”

There is no prob­lem if your answer in an employ­ment inter­view is: “I do not know”! This is what a pro­fes­sion­al HR inter­view­er said.

He recalls that a human resource devel­op­ment can­di­date was reject­ed sim­ply because he stub­born­ly want­ed to answer a ques­tion which he did­n’t know enough. The inter­vie­wee changed the answer twice times and still insist­ed on answer­ing it. while not to know was accept­able in the case.

Professional Employment Interviews

If we ignore caused job inter­view­ers, a pro­fes­sion­al inter­view­er knows that his / her audi­ence com­pe­ten­cy area is as lim­it­ed as any oth­er per­son and area of knowl­edge for an inter­vie­wee is not per­fect­ly matched with the inter­view­er’s area. So he/ she does not expect the job can­di­date to be able to answer all ques­tions and find a solu­tion for every impasse.

In the men­tioned inter­view, the inter­view­er was busy with try­ing out a new tech­nique in career plan­ning. The tech­nique was not very wide­spread in the coun­try. For this rea­son, he sought a searcher and a ques­tion­er who could devel­op a solu­tion rather than look­ing for the right answer. A good can­di­date requires aware­ness of “igno­rance to be ready for that job .”

Some­times the pro­fes­sion­al inter­view­er fol­lows the traits and char­ac­ter­is­tics that show hon­esty and integri­ty. The inter­view­er was wait­ing for a very dif­fi­cult “I do not know” answer in that case. This answer can pro­vide an oppor­tu­ni­ty for spend­ing more time on top­ics where can­di­date knows more and is com­pe­tent in those areas.

Relat­ed Sub­jects for Employ­ment Interview:

https://isurvey.ir/kofi-annan-and-the-role-of-chro-as-ambassador/

https://isurvey.ir/corona-virus-and-hr-role/

https://isurvey.ir/en/iran-hr-consultant/

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