First Impressions
If Malcolm Gladwell, the author of the famous book “Blink,” is correct, first impressions (or impressions formed in the blink of an eye) are extremely powerful and often determine…
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Product announcements, engineering notes and use cases from the team building video recording, playback and processing infrastructure.
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"Losers"
“Loser” is such an unkind term in the employment context. More polite is “unsuitable for the job,” “not a good fit,” “not right for us,” etc. But let’s face it: no one wants to…
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Words
One way to identify the strongest candidates (and weed out the others) is by listening carefully to their choice of words. Articulate candidates will, first of all, answer the…
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Liar, Liar
How do you know if a candidate is lying in his or her recorded interview? You can always look for body language clues – e.g. interviewees shifting nervously in position, touching…
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Narrowing Down the Field
Let’s say you have done all your Ziggeo pre screening and have narrowed down the list of candidates to two equally qualified excellent choices. How do you choose? Ask yourself the…
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Legal Liability
Should employers worry that screening candidates through video will suddenly make them liable for discrimination on the basis of protected attributes such as age, race and…
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Being Nice
One CEO reportedly asks interviewees an unexpected question: “Are you nice?” Assuming congeniality is an important ingredient in the job you are seeking to fill, this question is…
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Bad Behavioral Questions
Some critics think “behavioral interviews” – where candidates give concrete examples of how they behaved in past situations as a way of indicating how they might behave as your…
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Behavioral Interviews
As an interviewer, you may choose to ask standard theoretical questions, such as “Tell me about yourself” or “What’s your biggest weakness?” (Note to candidates: “My weakness is…
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Questions to ask candidate in a video interview
What are the best interview questions? Endless sample questions (and answers) can be found through a quick Google search which is why so many answers tend to feel rehearsed but…