Speed Dating

Always remember that the HR person’s job is to hire qualified workers who contributes to the company, stay for an “appropriately long time,” and fits in with the team, division and company’s ethics and culture. Isn’t this basically “speed dating?” When choosing somebody to date, you want somebody qualified (whatever that means to you), contributes to your couple hood (no freeloaders), sticks with you for as long as you want (hopefully you have matching time frames) and fits into your idea of a mate, maybe gets along with your friends and family? Of course, you’d want their dating ethics to match yours.

How would you expect to ask and answer questions on a Speed Date (30 minute job interview instead of 5 minutes for speed dating)? If somebody was boring you with facts you didn’t care about (or already knew from their resume), you’d probably choose somebody else to date.

Don’t bury the lead. Lead with the lead

Make every sentence of your answer count. Start with an interesting sentence that anybody could understand and imagine. Fill in with details that clarify how they might imagine your first sentence idea.

How do you answer the question “Where did you go on vacation?”

The refined elevator pitch immediately makes the listener want to ask questions about the parks and activities while the lame answer means nothing to the listener unless they happen to know Karl, Cindy and Teos. “Don’t bury the lead. Lead with the lead.”