The Headhunter (who commented on my blog here!) has a blog of his own, where his latest post outlines his interview strategy:

No one can fake a discussion about the work that needs to be done. Either you can demonstrate motivation, enthusiasm and smarts, or you can’t. To me, that’s what a job interview is all about.

Consulting firms have used these case interviews for years, though they often meander outside the realm of “can you do the job” and into the realm of brain teasers.  I’m not sure who ever came up with the behavioral interview, but it was one of the most annoying parts of my job search, to the point where I didn’t participate in a single one this past year.  The worst was when an unnamed manufacturing company started asking me questions about my experience doing something completely unrelated to the open position they had just described.

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