Any tips on eliciting good, honest personal feedback? I just got a rejection from a position I wanted and will have a call with the headhunter tomorrow. I’d like to extract something useful information out of it. Any tips of good question formulations?
E.g. in a survey I ask instead of “Do you use X?” the question “In the past 3 months how many times did you use X?” to get a less biased answer.
Headhunters will rarely be honest about this. I always recommend to clients that they say “brutal feedback” instead of just feedback to make sure they’re getting good responses, but it’s the rare manager that will be honest about this.
Thanks tried that. Not sure it worked as I didn’t learn anything concrete. We spent 30 mins in discussion though (which he didn’t need to do as there was no further value he could extract from me).
Thanks tried that. Not sure it worked as I didn’t learn anything concrete. We spent 30 mins in discussion though (which he didn’t need to do as there was no further value he could extract from me).
If he’s a headhunter than he might value the relationship with you to call you up when he has another job.
Maybe, but I’ve rarely gotten more than one offer from a given headhunter—actually, I’ve gotten multiple offers from one company more often than through one headhunting agency. Reading between the lines, I get the impression that most of them have a library of openings and look in real time for candidates matching them, rarely going into their back catalog.
Multiple offers might be more common for people with less specialized skillsets than mine, though.
Reading between the lines, I get the impression that most of them have a library of openings and look in real time for candidates matching them, rarely going into their back catalog.
This is true… but you should be getting back in touch with the headhunter every three months or so, to make sure you’re in the front of the catalog instead of the back :).
Any tips on eliciting good, honest personal feedback? I just got a rejection from a position I wanted and will have a call with the headhunter tomorrow. I’d like to extract something useful information out of it. Any tips of good question formulations?
E.g. in a survey I ask instead of “Do you use X?” the question “In the past 3 months how many times did you use X?” to get a less biased answer.
Any good questions/ideas?
The first answer here is pretty good, though doesn’t quite apply for my situation: https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-way-to-ask-for-personal-feedback-from-friends-and-coworkers-on-your-strengths-and-weaknesses
Thank you!
Headhunters will rarely be honest about this. I always recommend to clients that they say “brutal feedback” instead of just feedback to make sure they’re getting good responses, but it’s the rare manager that will be honest about this.
Thanks tried that. Not sure it worked as I didn’t learn anything concrete. We spent 30 mins in discussion though (which he didn’t need to do as there was no further value he could extract from me).
Oh well, such is life...
If he’s a headhunter than he might value the relationship with you to call you up when he has another job.
Maybe, but I’ve rarely gotten more than one offer from a given headhunter—actually, I’ve gotten multiple offers from one company more often than through one headhunting agency. Reading between the lines, I get the impression that most of them have a library of openings and look in real time for candidates matching them, rarely going into their back catalog.
Multiple offers might be more common for people with less specialized skillsets than mine, though.
This is true… but you should be getting back in touch with the headhunter every three months or so, to make sure you’re in the front of the catalog instead of the back :).