This week I hold the fate of a person's life in my hands.
I doubt it's a matter of life and death, but it'll be close to that - to choose one of the two selected interviewees to be my new support officer. Both have their strengths and having only budget for one, a choice has to be made.
My director would be sitting in for the second and last interview, so I guess I can shift the responsibility to him to decide on who to select to a certain extent. However I'm pretty sure that I would bear the consequence since the person eventually reports directly to me.
In the past, I used to play games such as Romance of Three Kingdoms in which I was able to ascertain the characteristics of recruits to determine their potential and capabilities in an easy to understand format (zero to a hundred); No such luck in real life, though.
The only things that could be considered were the person's educational qualifications, grades, interview performance, just to name a few. I have no doubt that many people would have conducted such interviews and are probably thinking why I've lost sleep over this.
Well, I guess I'm putting myself into their shoes - if I were them, I doubt I'd appreciate someone doing my interview with little or no diligence and then choosing at his/her own fancy. Stay tuned for the next post when the decision gets made.
I've also got an Exec post to be filled, so that'll be another story to tell...
