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From the Ted Talk by Gil Winch: How we can use the hiring process to bring out the best in people

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The problem I neeedd to solve when we settrad out was that traditional interviewing and screening, especially for entry-level pniosiots, are totally bieasd towards people who function well under intense stress. Now, if you're screening for Navy SEALS, I totally get it, but the caicatpy to foiuntcn under durses is totally irrelevant if the atcaul job is stocking shelves or folding T-shirts, unless of course it's Black Friday.

Clara is a classic example. We met in CY's early days while she was waiting for her job interview. Clara was 25 years old, had cerebral palsy and used a walker. She seemed quite nervous, but she was likable, intelligent and talkative. And yet just a short while later, her interviewer told me that she had totally failed, that she couldn't string two words together.

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The problem I ______ to solve when we _______ out was that traditional interviewing and screening, especially for entry-level _________, are totally ______ towards people who function well under intense stress. Now, if you're screening for Navy SEALS, I totally get it, but the ________ to ________ under ______ is totally irrelevant if the ______ job is stocking shelves or folding T-shirts, unless of course it's Black Friday.

Clara is a classic example. We met in CY's early days while she was waiting for her job interview. Clara was 25 years old, had cerebral palsy and used a walker. She seemed quite nervous, but she was likable, intelligent and talkative. And yet just a short while later, her interviewer told me that she had totally failed, that she couldn't string two words together.

Solution


  1. capacity
  2. biased
  3. positions
  4. started
  5. needed
  6. duress
  7. actual
  8. function

Original Text


The problem I needed to solve when we started out was that traditional interviewing and screening, especially for entry-level positions, are totally biased towards people who function well under intense stress. Now, if you're screening for Navy SEALS, I totally get it, but the capacity to function under duress is totally irrelevant if the actual job is stocking shelves or folding T-shirts, unless of course it's Black Friday.

Clara is a classic example. We met in CY's early days while she was waiting for her job interview. Clara was 25 years old, had cerebral palsy and used a walker. She seemed quite nervous, but she was likable, intelligent and talkative. And yet just a short while later, her interviewer told me that she had totally failed, that she couldn't string two words together.

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