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I think a person should not be given a job based on an interview performance alone. I'll give an example later. Other factors should be looked at before the job is given. The other factors could or would be, what type of performance did the person have at their previous job? What kind of evaluations did they have? Did they work well with others? And how does that person treat customers or the public, if it's a job dealing with people.

Some people interview well and others don't. The person who interviews well, may be very good at answering questions, making the interviewerfeel at ease, and appears to have it all together. But in the work environment, may not work well with others, may get flustered when there is pressure to get a job done right away. He may loose his bearings and may not fit in at all with the company on a personal level. He may not be very kind toward customer or the general public, depending on the job. On the other hand, the person who does not interview well, may be the go to guy when the pressure is turned up. He may be the guy who can rally the troops and get things moving again. Ppersonally, this is the guy I would want, regardless to how he interviewed. He would the person the get the job done and on time.

I would suspect that we have all seen the poor interview person passed over, simply because they didn't do well at the interview. I'm sure you have heard someone say, "How did that guy get this job?" and the answer: "He had a good interview." And that made him or her perfect for the job? Appears so in most places.

My personal example. I know a guy who was passed over because he didn't interview well. He said that, "Interviewing was like taking a test, I don't test well either." I can relate to that statement. I also hated taking tests. This is a guy who knows what he is doing, and knows his job. He tries to be very professional at it, treats others with respect. I work in an environment dealing with the public, dead lines, stats, and records. When it's crunch time, this is the guy I would and have gone to. But for the lack of a good interview, the wrong man got a job. The wrong guy interviewed well, had a nice personality for the interview, but is only tolerated by those under him and does not appear to be a go to type of guy. More of a, when the chips are down find help elsewhere type of guy.

The question being, should people be slected for a job based only on their interview performance? My answer would be no, based on personal experience.

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