A New Perspective on the Hiring Process
Is interviewing candidates a waste of time? CEO of Gilt.com, Kevin Ryan, thinks so. Take a look at this article from Inc.com that expresses Kevin Ryan’s hiring philosophy as he stated it at the Inc. 500/500 conference. He finds the interview process to be flawed since being a good interviewee, more often then not, has little to do with being skilled at the job one is interviewing for. Instead, Ryan focuses his attention on candidates references -first hand accounts of someone’s job performance from people who worked along side or managed them. Will the standard in-person interview process start to fade? Unlikely. But Ryan does make a good point to lean heavily on the reference checks and makes sure to, as the CEO, remain directly involved in the hiring process.
