I received a call from a former client recently who is losing a valued employee. She said, “You know Beth, we weren’t using your process back then, and this employee would never have gotten past the third interview.”
I said to her “Do you know why?”
She said, “Yes! The third interview is all about passion for a position and this employee doesn’t love what we do.”
I have had so many hiring managers and CEOs want to shorten the interview process and rob themselves of one of the most critical steps in the hiring process. I completely understand why. Many of them are in a hurry and impatient to fill a position. Some are afraid that they will lose the candidate to another opportunity or worse, they are afraid they will NEVER find anyone and just hire someone already! All of this is a perfect recipe to a bad hire.
As Warren Buffet so aptly stated, “Money flows from the impatient to the patient.” So do candidates, houses, opportunities, etc.
The third interview measures how passionate the candidate is for the work that you are offering them. If they aren’t loving the job you offer, their skill set doesn’t matter, their availability doesn’t matter, their experience doesn’t matter.
Another client called me today and said “Thank GOD for the third interview! I just avoided a horrible hiring mistake because I followed the process completely! Thank you, Beth!”
You’re welcome! Keep following your interviewing system! It is designed to find you great employees, not “good enough” employees.