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Case Study Interviews vs. Skills Testing: Which is Better, and Why?

Vervoe

The case study interview has long been the preferred method for recruiters hoping to glean insight into a candidate’s real talent. Case interviews have traditionally been used by top consulting firms like Bain and McKinsey, but more and more companies are beginning to use this method in their hiring practices.

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15 Tough Interview Questions Candidates Won’t Expect

The Hire Talent

As professional recruiters, we know that we have to go beyond run-of-the-mill interviews and draft some tough interview questions to challenge the candidates when we want to hire talent. You should design such an interview not intending to catch applicants off-guard and put them in awkward situations.

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Pre-employment assessment, skill testing and interviewing: what’s the difference?

Vervoe

We often hear terms like pre-employment assessment, skill testing and even interviewing used interchangeably. This is why résumés and interviews are inherently poor methods of validating skills. Pre-employment assessment is focused on predicting how people will behave in certain scenarios, not what they can do.

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Tips For Acing Your Next Private Equity Interview

Recruiting Blogs

Whether you are Pre-MBA or Post-MBA candidate, the most crucial part of getting into the private equity industry is cracking the interview. You may have all the skills to become a Private Equity professional, but if you don’t perform well in the interview, you may never get the chance to prove yourself on the job.

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Ensuring Fairness in Automated Hiring: A First-of-Its-Kind Study on Machine Learning and Personality Assessment in Recorded Interviews

Recruiting Daily

Machine learning tools for video interviewing platforms have been on the receiving end of sharp criticism, and not without justification.

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Does Your ATS Software Integrate With Pre-Hire Assessments?

Newton Software

Predict how well applicants will fit the job BEFORE the interview. Studies have shown that résumés and job applications, which are the most used candidate screening tools, have very little predictability on whether or not a candidate will succeed in a given position. – Business Impact Questions for More Strategic Interviews. .

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What To Ask & How: Guide To An Effective Interview

Plum.io

Now onto step two: interviewing. Often, our interviewing practices are based on assumptions and status quo – but there is a better way. Studies have been done on the efficacy of different interview tactics providing more concrete evidence. First off, how do you select who to interview? Who Gets the Call-Back?