E26: Don’t use CVs or resumes to filter candidates (!)

At AirManual, we often receive over 1000 applications for one job opening.

 

So we need an efficient way to filter this list down and make a great hire!

 

The first step is important. We don’t start with CVs.

 

Instead we ask 3 simple questions that start to show if this candidate’s right for us:

1. What’s your proudest achievement, and why?
2. What’s your favorite non-fiction book, and why?
3. Which of our features do you like the most, and why?

 

In 30 seconds, we can review:

• Can this candidate write well?
• Have they made any effort to understand what we’re about?
• Do they align with some of our company values?

 

We filter out 75% of candidates this way, and it’s easy to outsource this to a VA.

 

We share this part of the process — and the pains it solves — in today’s episode of De-stress Your Business.

 

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