Over the last couple weeks or so I have had the opportunity to have a phone interview, a formal interview, and a "culture fit" with the organization I will be joining soon and during that process I was able to share my personal philosophy a number of times with others who did not know me that well.
But before I get to that let me share how neat this "culture fit" was...
I have never seen anything like this before in an organization. Any interview process I've been involved with has been interview after interview after interview resulting in hire or rejection. This organization, or at least this branch of this organization uses a culture fit, which is an opportunity for every single member of the team to meet the potential new hire, interact with them, and weigh in on whether they think they should be considered for the position or not.
It is done in an informal setting (in this case, a bar) and every member of the team is invited to attend.
This really makes the decision to hire a team decision. They get into groups of 5-7 and then they sit down with the prospect and interview them professionally while simultaneously getting to them know them personally. There were three groups and it take about an hour in total. It goes by quick, but it is a pretty neat experience, and I wonder if more organizations should do this.
So in that informal setting, and in the more formal settings lead up to it I had the opportunity to share my personal philosophy, which I am still attempting to refine.
It ended up being slightly different in each situation, but it was always something along the lines of:
I just want to help people. I want to help people in whatever circumstance that may be in. Whether it is mental, physical, spiritual, or emotional I want to help people become the best that they can possibly be. And so it doesn't really matter what position I am in, or what I am doing, because I can help people no matter where I am.
They liked this, as their biggest concern was whether I would be leaving them as soon as I was done with my schooling.
It feels good to help people. I am glad that I will be able to do that soon.
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