As a hiring manager who has interviewed plenty of candidates, here’s some advice for recruiters, interviewers, and HR people who are involved in the hiring process.
Are you ready? Here it is.
Stop focusing so heavily on the candidate’s interviewing skills, and focus on their job related skills. They’re nervous. They may be in financial distress. They’ve been an engineer/analyst/clerk for years, but they’ve only spent a few hours in their entire life in interviews. If they suck at interviewing, so what? It’s your job to see what they bring to the table after the interview is over.
Instead of putting the burden on the candidate to be impressive, put the burden on yourself to uncover the talent and traits that are needed.