Ever been asked the “I’m not going to ask you what I’m really asking you with the hopes you can read my mind?” question?Interviewer: “Tell me how you schedule your day.”Interviewee: Answers…Interviewer: That’s not how I think someone like you should schedule your day…Or been subject to the “verify and strike” approach?Person A: Hi how are you? What are you doing today?Person B: Hanging out.Person A: Oh good, then you can you do this, that, and the other thing with me.How about the “positive lead with the rug pulled out” method?Leader: How did your meeting go with ____?Person: I felt it went well, so happy to do ___ with ___ and I feel like we really made good outcomes.Leader: Okay, well I heard anonymously that you _____ and that’s not good. Here are the aforementioned approaches re-imagined.I’m not going to ask you…: If you were in ___ role, how would you approach scheduling your day?Verify then Strike: I want to hang out with you soon, what are you doing on ____?Positive Lead with the Rug Pulled Out: I received feedback that this went down in the meeting ____, I don’t want to respond until we have had a chance to talk first. My guess is that this was a misunderstanding. What’s your take?A good question sets up the person giving the answer for success. Isn’t that what we want for ourselves?#rantover(also… don’t read into this about something I’ve experienced… I’ve talked to a lot of candidates lately and I’m reflecting out those conversations. Also… who hasn’t experienced this type of thing??)

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