GETTING READY FOR THE INTERVIEW
ABOUT COMPANY CULTURE
Current research and studies have concluded beyond any doubt that the culture of a company can be its greatest competitive advantage. Company culture is how the values come to life in a company, in other words how much they are a part of everyday work life and decision making and also to the extent that employees understand them, are aligned with them and use them to model their own behaviours. While we can copy tactics of other companies, we cannot copy the culture because we cannot collectively live out all the behavior of another organization that has created a great culture. In other words each company culture is unique because all the people in each company are unique in how they live out the behaviours/values that drive company culture. The behavioural questions are aimed at seeing how closely the person has behaved on the job in the past which relates to the stated values/culture of your Company. A good match with a candidate’s past behavior and company stated values often addresses the ‘fit’ question. A job skills match of course is also required…