Biscit's laws of management
1. Confidence and slickness of presentation, particularly in interviews, is usually inversely proportional to intelect and ability.
A confident person is often just bluffing or parotting. One who hesitates and stammers is thinking about what he says.
OK, yes it is a gross generalisation, but it's closer to the truth than what many appear to believe. Too many people confuse lack of confidence with lack of capability, and too few have the expertise to see past nerves and lack of confidence to the ability beneath.
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posted by Simon @ 22:00:00
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what a lot of cobblers. have you ever interviewed and hired anyone?
how else other than via interviews do you suggest hiring managers should determine capability?
you can practice and build profiency at interviewing just like you can anything else
lack of proficiency suggests lack of preparation
I'm sorry, but where do I say that managers should not hire through interviews. All I state that many managers mistake an veneer of confidence for capability, rather than going beyond the surface demeanour to what the person is saying.
It's simply offensive to state that anyone can learn to emulate the brash and the glib, or that people who can hide their incapabilities by bluffing are not less worthwhile than others.
Well done for speaking out Biscit!
Why not set aptitude tests to avoid judging people solely on how they come across? You would take away any undeserved advatage of confident bully-boy types.
Unless of course you are recruiting salesmen, where being confident matters.
You're neither clever nor original. Your "theory of management" is just a rewording of the Dilbert principle.
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