Flunking the Culture Fit Test
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1 周I personally am a believer in the DISC assessment however you should be able to weed out the candidates that don't fit through great interview questions and having a true understanding of what is needed to succeed in the open job. It appears to me that this article is showcasing the downside of misusing a tool like an assessment. The DISC assessment should be a tool to help you further reach the employee and help them understand their blind spots in "How" they do things.
Attorney at Vicevich Law
1 周Corporate America, you make me laugh. There was a time in my life where good work ethic and results mattered more than how well you mesh with the "culture." Somehow that has been perverted into, "Let's pass on great talent to keep our lowest-common-denominator people happy." Phrased differently, "Let's win the race to the bottom!" Certainly I understand why an employer wants employees that "fit" the company culture. And I have seen how difficult it can be to find good people. Having employees is not easy. But it still makes no sense to me to implement a hiring tool that risks both (i) passing on the best candidates and (ii) driving candidates away.
Hiring through handwriting analysis or astrology sounds more like risk aversion than strategy. When “culture fit” replaces competence in hiring, businesses risk reinforcing bias over innovation.?
Creativity. Advocacy. Leadership.
1 周I flunked a culture personality test for a real estate office in Chicago's West Loop in my early twenties for being "too driven." I was told I was triangle striving for growth when they needed a circle that would be OK in the monotony. When I tried to defend my case and convince them to hire me, they simply said, "See." Haha I still think about this years later, nowhere near a career in real estate.