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Hiring for top leadership positions
A close friend of mine used to work in the White House. The job involved a lot of hiring for top leadership positions. This is a story on how she gathered information to decide on who to put in some of the most powerful positions in the world
A close friend of mine used to work in the White House. The job involved a lot of hiring for top leadership positions. This is a story on how she gathered information to decide on who to put in some of the most powerful positions in the world
Anyone making it this far in their career was incredibly talented, driven and had strong recommendations. With only a short interview before making such an important hiring decision how do you find out what someone is really like? How do you find out how they handle adversity?
This is what she decided.
When someone was interviewing for one of these positions they’d arrive the night before and stay at a local hotel. In the morning a car from the White House would pick them up and drive them to the interview. They’d wait outside her office until the interview.
Then after the interview they’d be driven back to their hotel and informed if they got the job within a few weeks.
She brought the hotel front desk employee, driver and her secretary into the hiring decisions. From the moment you arrived at the hotel your interview had started.
How you handled the hot water not working in your room, test.
How you handled the driver making a wrong turn and thinking you may be late, test.
How you treated those hourly employees who poured your coffee, test.
How you handled the driver making a wrong turn and thinking you may be late, test.
How you treated those hourly employees who poured your coffee, test.
How you treated minorities, women, those with an accent and the elderly were all tested.
The feedback from those three people were weighted heavily in the hiring process and contributed to some of the most powerful in the United States getting their position.
