When I was brand new in HR, part of my job was screening bank tellers. To say I didn't know what I was doing was an understatement. But I had what I thought was a brilliant question, especially since part of a bank teller's job is to sell products. I would hand the candidate a pen and say, "Sell me this pen."
Brilliant right? Well, I've matured and learned a little, so it kind of stung when I saw this:
Granted, I was hiring entry-level bank tellers at $8.75 an hour in 1999, not a VP. A candidate for the VP of sales should have a solid sales track record, and you should be asking about that record.
But that wasn't the only embarrassing result from Headhunter and Consultant Adam Karpiak's original tweet. Here are some more gems:
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