In every single interview process that I have ever facilitated, there is always a point where my client turns to me and says “I might hate this process.” I always warn them before we begin that at some point during the process, they will get frustrated. This usually happens when we have been working together through a series of interviews and my clients raise the bar on the people that they wish to hire, which is the goal behind A-list Interviews. There is a delay between this moment and when the higher caliber people begin to show up, causing the employer to wonder if the A-list candidate will ever appear. In other words, they begin to doubt. They doubt the process, themselves, their work, and the candidates.
I love this point in the training and coaching process. We are literally in the darkness that lives before the light, and their A-list person is right around the corner. My clients have all said in one way or another “I doubt we are going to find this person.” I say “doubt the doubt.” If you are doubtful anyway, then doubt the doubt, not the process. Your ideal candidate is about to walk right through the door. It is miraculous!!!