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Ann Arbor IT companies develop innovative interview process to find truthful employees

Wednesday, March 11, 2009

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Two Ann Arbor firms find a way to cut through the BS in resumes when they're hiring.

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Information technology is among the sectors most susceptible to lies by job candidates, according to CareerBuilder.com with some 57 percent of IT hirers report finding resume untruths.

That's among the reasons at least two Ann Arbor IT consulting firms have developed innovative interview processes to aid in deciding whether a job candidate would be a good fit for their company.

Menlo Innovations and Dynamic Edge conduct multi-layered interview processes to assess candidates' tech skills and communication abilities and to determine whether they'd be a good cultural fit.

Traditional interviews, in which job candidates overstate their skills and hirers praise their companies, should be left by the wayside, Menlo CEO Rich Sheridan said.

"I always describe it as two people lying to each other for a couple hours," said Sheridan, who is speaking at Eastern Michigan University's Ethos Week on March 10.

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