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There is a difference between recruiting and interviewing.  Interviewing Processes and effective interviewing questions are far different than the process of actually attracting a candidate for an interview.

Recruiting vs. Interviewing

Let’s distinguish between recruiting and interviewing.  Recruiting is the entire process of

Attracting candidates (both active applicants – people actively looking for a new position, and passive candidates – people who are not actively “in the market” for a new position), Interviewing/assessing candidates, and On-boarding (orienting) new employees. 

The Secrets to Hiring Success concentrates on the interviewing/assessing subset of the recruiting process.  As such, the Secrets to Hiring Success does not address the processes open to organizations for attracting active or passive candidates to apply for an open position, nor does it address the techniques for ensuring that the new hire is properly indoctrinated into an organization. 

The Secrets to Hiring Success is concerned with finding the best qualified applicant within the pool of available candidates.  Finding the best qualified applicant is a challenge in the current environment due to the fact that puffery, exaggeration, and outright lies have become art forms among candidates and even among companies.

I have had numerous experiences where the person who showed up on the first day of the job was nothing like the person who interviewed for the job.  Similarly, I’m sure many employees have felt that the company they interviewed with is nothing like the company they joined.  It seems both candidates and employers use a degree of puffery in their presentations. 

With the exception of the outright liars who lie about educational degrees, certifications, responsibilities, etc., there is a certain amount of puffery that can be expected when a candidate or a company is in the “sales pitch” mode of the interview process.  The Secrets to Hiring Success is designed to help an interviewer distinguish between acceptable puffery of the typical candidate and the unacceptable exaggeration of the poor candidate.  It has been said that good interviewing is good investigative reporting. 

 Thus, the Secrets to Hiring Success helps to hone your investigative skills by providing you with a structure that allows you to expose the inconsistencies in a candidate’s story.