Igor Shutov Biography

Igor Shutov is an expert at the Moscow Business School, the co -founder of the “Valuable Personnel” spoke about the most unusual issues that candidates and the correct reactions to them face. In the era, when the applicants themselves choose which company they want to work in, many of them may not pay attention to the questions that scare them away. Candidates can respond to them in a socially desirable way, be distant or rude, and they have the right to this, because this applies to personal life.

The first and most common question that can be heard at the interview: “What are your plans for life? He is the most harmless of all, although it has nothing to do with professional activity. The answers to him can be very different, and it is difficult to predict which of them will be the most suitable. The question “How often are you sick? The candidate, of course, must inform the employer about possible health problems, but in another format.

The subject of discussion about the readiness to pass the polygraph is also confused, but often it is associated with official investigations in relation to theft. Calmishness can also cause talk about religion, which often serve as an attempt to discriminate on a religious basis. The most strange question: “Who is your dog or cat? Perhaps it is associated with the need for devotion and fidelity.

If you have a cat, then it is probably more important for you to take care of someone, and not get love and attention. Personal issues at the interview have risks about further cooperation. They can be associated with incompetence or curiosity. Employers often ask about what does not directly concern professional activity, trying to "play psychologists." They suspect the candidates of hysteroid, schizoid, inhibited or psychopathic subjects, thereby discrediting themselves.

An ordinary candidate who wants to work and earn money is embarrassed by talking about plans, polygraphs and the frequency of the disease. Tactless recruiters can cause a strange reaction and the desire to close, ”comments Igor Shutov. The biggest mistake is to try to guess the correct answer and answer insincerely. Even if the candidate successfully passes through all the stages of the interview and receives a job, but the answers will not correspond to his life values.

It is better to spend more time searching for a company that is close in spirit than on respectable organizations with unreasonably high queries.