KD's Mind Map

I came across this Dilbert comic strip and I just had to post it to the blog. Recently, I participated on an interview panel where the person was very much like this interviewee. On paper, he was highly qualified and in fact, all three members on the panel thought that we'd found the perfect replacement for a hard-to-fill position. Not only that, he came to the interview impeccably dressed and was extremely professional and articulate; however, through the process of targeted selection, where we used the STAR interview approach, we quickly realized how wrong we were. When asked to give specific examples of how he'd previsously applied certain skills, he stared back like a deer in headlights and gave the most ridiculos and hilarious response. The kicker to it all occurred when he was asked to name a time when he supported an HR strategy at work and he responded, "I'm sorry, this is not going to work, these questions are too hard." He went on the explain that he'd created "some" of the information on his resume but that he was a quick learner and promised to work 24/7 if given the opportunity...um, ok.