Who to hire?

JackG4

JackG4

JackG4

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Hi all,

I carried out 2nd stage interviews today and I'm stumped between 3 candidates. It's for an Admin role supporting my team so pretty basic but will be a good, stable job in a fast paced, friendly and well respected team.

Keen to see who you would be inclined to hire out of the following 3 very different candidates and why:

1. Girl currently progressing through a graduate programme but she hates the company and lack of work life balance. She's very smart and would be overqualified so I'm worried she would get bored.

2. Girl currently unemployed who is the best personality fit - friendly and funny - but maybe not the smartest and may not have the drive to progress/develop the role like #1.

3. Girl fresh out of Uni looking for her first role, very quiet and timid. Didn't interview too well under pressure but this would be the perfect starter role for her career if someone gives her a chance.
 
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EDIT: In all fairness though I'd pick 2/3.
 
#1 wouldn't last.
#3 Timid? What if she can't integrate? So has already shown she isn't good under pressure.
#2 is who I would go for based on your 3 sentences

Of course you're the only one on these majestic forums who has actually sat with them and had a good chat. Who's pasty would you want smash most?
 
ElliorR said:
Of course you're the only one on these majestic forums who has actually sat with them and had a good chat. Who's pasty would you want smash most?
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Easily number 2 but maybe that's a bad thing making her a distraction for the rest of the team!?
 
1 - will get bored and you could be doing interviews again in short time
2 - people are easy to train, you cant "train" different personalities
3 - was nervous

I'd go 2/3 tbh
 
#1 You always hire the most qualified. If they get bored then you have to deal with that by promoting them or giving them fresh challenges or let them leave and re-hire. Also, there's no such thing as being over qualified - just a boss/company that can't fully utilise it's employees skills.
#2 I wouldn't hire anyone unemployed either - i.e. why are they unemployed?
#3 Don't hire anyone thinking they "might" grow into the job. What if they don't? Then you've had someone doing a job badly and you have to fire them and re-hire.

So no.1 in this instance.
 
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