After you finish an interview with candidate and you all agree that he fits except …
How can you take the decision if to offer him the position or not ?
ghSmart, a consulting company that expert at recruiting processes created the Malleability model to determine if it is something that he can change or not …
Fast change
Those are easy to change, and should consider as a disadvantage.
- Product Knowledge
- Familiarity with the company, and understanding of its organizational dynamics
- Familiarity with technologies / development environment
- Self responsibility
- Planning / personal organization
- Skill to guide other people
- Focusing on the right goals for the company
Easy change
It is still not advisable to give up to a candidate who lacks those.
- Market domain knowledge
- Listening ability
- Mentoring ability
- Delegation of tasks
- Hiring A-players
- Self-awareness
Hard to change
These are features that are not easy to change. If you are wondering about a candidate for features from the list – consider the possibility that, despite any expression of desire, these qualities will not change.
- Ability to think strategically
- Ability to focus on a limited number of topics.
- Openness for feedback or other ideas
- Discretion
- Determination
- Flexibility
- Initiative / proactive
- Confidence
- Build good relationships with people
- Team work / cooperation / work for common goals
- Influence / influence without authority
- Dealing with “politics” / organizational dynamics
- he discovery of empathy for others
- he ability to stimulate others’ retention / motivation and energy
- Excellence / raise the bar
- Treatment of weak workers (managers)
- In the opinion of the public, the work of the staff (managers)
Will not change
If the candidate lack one of those, it will not change/ Thing again about the hiring process
- Intelligence / sharpness
- Systematic / analytical capabilities
- Creativity
- Drive – The urge to do things
- The desire to influence and bring about change
- Great challenges / risk taking
- persistence
- The amount of investment in the workplace
- Self-control
- Honesty / integrity
- Assertiveness
- Respect for others / acceptance of others