"We don't care about your skills, we just want the right personality"

bugslet

This I'm sure won't be the OP's job. We move explosives and the vehicles are double manned. Sometimes they can be away from home for ten days or more, certainly 4-5 days is common.

I can train them to move explosives, I can't give them a pleasant personality. Being stuck in a cab with someone for days that you really can't tolerate......:eek:

xapprenticex

As a manager id rather hire someone who gets on with the team and I feel i can work with and train that person up to what i want.

Id rather not hire a qualified person who cant take instruction (At my last job i did this....) and doesn't get on with the team. Ill have to get rid of them and go through the hiring process again, im busy enough as it is...

If it was a lone wolf role then id go qualifications, if its a role that requires you interact with other humans, then there is more to it than skills and experience.

Thats just my opinion, apologies if ive ruined someones day.

TELLIT01

It's easier to teach people additional work skills than it is to change their personality.

jobbingmusician

Yes.

The scariest interview I ever attended (for a charity! :eek:) involved an overnight stay with dinner at an hotel - presumably to see how we presented ourselves in formal situations...... I dread to think what it cost them

aife

jobbingmusician wrote: »

Yes.

The scariest interview I ever attended (for a charity! :eek:) involved an overnight stay with dinner at an hotel - presumably to see how we presented ourselves in formal situations...... I dread to think what it cost them

This is part of the reason I'm much more hesitant about giving to charity these days.

xapprenticex

The Chuggers are my reason

DigForVictory

My former boss must have been given the job on the basis of a very well written application as she couldn't do the job & also wasn't too good at managing staff either.

Happily she's off running a project & we've got one of our own "minding the shop" and for some inexplicable reason the stats have shot up.
Couldn't be anything to do with the fact that he's a largely decent bloke & we're thankful to have him & not some other outlander foisted on us.

That he's technically competent in his field makes very little difference, that he understands that leave & subsistence need checking & signing off as soon as possible and not whenever he gets around to it is priceless...

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worldsending wrote: »

Have other people been in interviews where you were skilled, qualified, and experienced for a position but the focus was more about being the "right personality"?

I went for a job where my skills and experience would normally be considered desirable. However, on turning up, they made it clear that thse were not so important as being the right kind of person. They were extremely informal, very chatty, asked about my personal life circumstances a lot, who I knew in the industry, even where I lived exactly which seemed a little intrusive.

Yes just one of these interviews for me that sticks out was in a building society (independent one might I add) it was important they got the very right person because it was a small team and as the Manager (very jolly person themself) said he would not do the weekend rota - you agreed and drew it up between yourselves. That was how much you had to get on. As well as I thought it awfully grown up for me.

It also involved work in the community and other branch cover. So I agree can depend on the job.

I've had interviews where it was thought I'd get on brilliantly - and the opposite has happened.

Was the interview this week just gone? I did find it more relaxed this week to the point of this isn't going right! was invited to an interview on the 21st and found I was having a tour of the building longer then the actual interview! (I was fortunately successful by the way so you never can tell!)

Moonshine14

It’s all about the right fit for the team or office culture. All interviewers should be looking for not only the right skill set but also someone who is a good team fit. It does sound though that some of the questions you’ve been asked my have been a little personal though.

nicechap

There's copious research about makes an effective team (e.g. Belbin) Whilst I agree with the points about spending so much time in close proximity to colleagues and the risk of grating personalities, the danger of recruiting in ones own likeness can lead to group think and lack of diversity of ideas/solutions.