Interviews

Interviews are a good tool to stop and reflect on tactics, thinking process, ways of managing etc etc

Me : How do you manage staff development?
Can 1 : I see 5 person a time but individually where I talk to them, ask them about this and that, follow up on things and I write notes in my special book after they leave the room...they don't know about this book :) I arrange them by sections in my department.
Can 1 : My boss always say how can you remember? I show him the book
Me : How frequent do you do this?
Can 1 : A few days in a month

Me : How do you manage business performance in your current role?
Can2 : I track and monitor my KPIs
Me : What kind of KPIs do you monitors?
Can2 : Cost, Safety, Deliveries on time, etc...(opens his folders and showed me the printed graphs of his various KPIs for the last year by month)
Me : (I was thinking, wow, you come prepared and is the first ever person to show photos of his workplace, photos of his achievements)

HR : The following section is on a scenario, please take 10 minutes to read it and we will call start again
Can3: Takes the paper, looks a bit unhappy, pupils dilated and and his body language showed uneasiness
Me : (observes...interesting response)
Can3: (leaves the room)
---interview continues---
Can3: (candidate enters and sits down)
Me : (observes that candidate's paper, is blank - unscribbled)
---and the last question was---
HR : What's the strategic implication of this to your company? (Candidate in the scenario is a CEO)
Can3: (candidate answers a whole bunch of stuff relates to the immediate issue...)
---interview ended---
Me : So what do you think of our candidate?
HR : I was a bit dissapointed when candidate dismissed the scenario section as trivial
Me : And after considering all points, candidate couldn't show evidence that he can manage strategically and cross functional