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vacri
on March 21, 2014
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Why I Never Hire Brilliant Men (1924)
That doesn't tell me how the applicant will manage a department or implement new techniques. It's a test for line sales staff, not departmental managers.
yxhuvud
on March 21, 2014
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It is a test that is not good enough to hire the applicant, but it is enough to fail the applicant.
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"Find a person who can sell me both this pen and a pen that does not yet exist"
noisy_boy
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Most of the sales managers I've seen rose from the ranks of line sales.
roel_v
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But that's not the question. This question is 'how do we find the best guy for the job.' Saying 'this is how we always did it' is circular reasoning.
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