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Tips for Interviewing Every Hiring Manager Should Know

A few requests from job hunters to interviewers.
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Let’s assume the following: A) You’ve written a job description that is concise, intriguing and honest; B) you’re doing this all on your own, without the help of an HR person; C) you don’t have a standardized system of recruiting and vetting; D) you aren’t so obsessed with your company culture that you’re looking for the exact right combination of personality, pedigree and the answer “honey badger” to the question “If you could be any animal …?”; and E) you have the capacity to empathize with people, generally. Got it? Now here’s what interviewees want.

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