I just read a great article from @Sparkyfirepants on his blog. It’s about art job interviews, how to have a good one, dumb things dumb people do to have really bad ones. Here’s my favorite quote:
After one round of tests, one artist had slightly better skills than the other. Sadly, the one with better skills kept making negative comments to the other artists during the test. We hired the nicer one and trained her to make better graphics. That was easier than training her to be nice.
I can’t tell you how many times I’ve heard this, and I can’t tell you how strongly I agree. You can train someone to do something well; you don’t want to waste your time trying to convince someone to be nice. Humility will get you so far in life.
Excellent article, David. Here’s a link to the whole thing. One of the best articles on job interviewing I’ve read in a long time.
