Behavioral interviewing is a hot topic of discussion at FirstRain today. Putting our candidates for sales and pre-sales positions through simulations and getting them to tell stories to describe their experience.... but so we don't take ourselves too seriously it's worth remembering the hilarious Armstrong and Miller sketch The Origin of Job Interviews:
I interviewed a sales candidate yesterday who presented me with an interesting question - about whether he should have put an aspect of his life on his resume.The "aspect" in question is that he is a nationally ranked triathlete. If this was you - would you have put it on your resume?This came up in the interview when the candidate and I were discussing the culture at FirstRain and what it's like to work here. We work hard, but we also play hard and some of us like to find [...]