ship classes and interviewing is “Teach me “x”. the specific subject usually has nothing to do with the specialty involved. So if you are hiring a faculty member in a nursing school, “teach me how to bake a cake” is not an uncommon teaching point.
so Schwartz’s article on Judges big interviewing point in his screening for coaches doesn’t seem to be very original or perhaps all that important. it sounds good to say I ask “teach me how to make a peanut butter and jelly sandwich” but that’s just become 2020 interview technique by the “gurus” of interviewing rather than some idiosyncratic great idea of Mr Judge.
I’m not saying he is not a good interviewer, or that he can’t interview. I am saying he’s been through the courses. So maybe I should have read the whole article by Schwartz but it sounded like he was just excited about the line about teach me x, etc.
Again Judge maybe the best choice, but he seems to be a well informed young coach who can impress others with his “contemporary” interview skills.
i can delete this but everyone seems enamored of Judge’s unique qualities. I guess I have seen and interviewed too many candidates for many positions and have gotten more cynical than I should be. Also i have gushed over new giant coaches for way too many years.
So when i see everyone, including perhaps the owners, getting so excited over an interview and newspaper guys getting excited over questions that are supposed to be novel and reveal teaching abilities, I hesitate to follow.
I pause and try to see if we are just getting revved over a great interviewee and we need to cool it until we can see results on the field.70+ years as a Giant fan and 50+ years as a teacher in a University and Hospital, selecting and interviewing, does get my cynicism aroused. I agree it doesn’t mean I should feel free to share it, so I can delete it. No big loss, other than an urge to caution on our expectations.
None of us were in the interview with Judge, or the interviews he's done with the assistants he's bringing on, but I would believe he was hired for more than just this interviewing technique...