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IF I ONLY KNEW… Never lower your bar in hiring! Never do that!

May 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

At one of my previous companies, I lowered my bar and made a bad hiring.  We were looking for a new team member and spent months interviewing. After some consideration, we decided to extend an offer to a candidate who was “almost there”.  I agreed with our panel that we could coach the person in the area they were not very strong. This turned out to be one of my biggest mistakes.

My team and I then had to spend the next 6 months to help the individual but ended up letting them go as they failed the improvement plan. 

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New Engineering Management Interview Series “IF I ONLY KNEW…”

May 7, 2018 Leave a Comment

Today begins a new shorter interview series called “IF I ONLY KNEW”. It is just a single question about when you started your engineering management career what is ONE thing that would have helped the most to know.

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