interviews
Share proper perspective - Empathy
Empathy is defined as, ‘the ability to understand and share the feelings of another'.
You see, by putting yourself in somebody else’s shoes and changing your own perspective, you can understand why your subject felt a certain way, or why they did something they wouldn’t normally do.
This ability to change your perspective may help you better understand their thought process and reasoning. This approach is especially beneficial for interviewers as they can apply it to the underlying purpose of the interview, as well as their reluctance to fully open up during the interview process.
Think of it like this. First, sharing their perspective helps you understand what somebody thinks of you when you walk into the interview room. Secondly, taking yourself out of your own perspective helps you think, “If I were this person, what would I need to encourage to tell the truth today? How can I better reflect empathy”
Lastly, having perspective helps remove bias. It helps you realize that there are multiple versions of every story. There are multiple perspectives of each story based on the context in which we see it.
by Chris Norris, CFI
