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The psychology behind four horrible job interview questions

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Job interviews can come in a few different forms. They can be structured or unstructured, single interviewer or a panel, or even the game-show like future of job interviews, the ‘multiple…


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Seven ways to hack a conversation

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Starting a conversation with someone new is always kind of terrifying, I mean dealing with approach anxiety</…


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Two ways to beat those early conversation jitters

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When two people come together for the first time, they engage almost entirely in social scripts, like ‘hi, how are you’ and ‘what do you do for a living’ and the obvious responses to those questions (which often <a href=“https://btr.mt/analects/coming-…


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Useful stereotypes

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Stereotypes aren’t always harmful. In fact, they’re a pretty crucial tool in human communication. The fact that we can make some instant judgements about people when we first meet them is far more helpful than it is harmful. It’s just that we more often get caught up on the harm. So let’s look at the other side for a change.

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The (game-show like) future of job interviews

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Job interviews aren’t particularly useful in the way they’re ordinarily conducted. They tend to get used because people think a good hire will be obvious, or that they are good judges of personality …


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