[Hidden-tech] Financial Planner

[Bruce G. Hooke]

Susan, et al,

I don't have much to add to Jackie's excellent comments, but the  
following.

I ran internship programs for about a dozen years. The candidates ran  
the gamut from creatives to technologists. They came from all across  
the country and the world. The one thing that was consistently useful  
was to have fun. The folks that you'll be talking to will no doubt be  
young, eager to please, somewhat clueless about the workplace and  
being part of a team. Give yourself and the candidate time in the  
interview to let things flow, let the candidate reveal her  
personality and interests.

Stay away from questions that might fall afoul of things like the ADD  
and discrimination laws. The candidate will tend to volunteer that  
info, anyhow.

If you feel good about the candidate, trust your instincts, but  
remember that you are an employer, not a parent to that kid.

Ask them to interrogate you.; challenge them in that way. The  
questions that they ask will be very telling about their interests  
and aptitudes, but you have to be ready to think on your feet and  
exploit opportunities to learn about somebody that you might be  
working closely with in a pretty short time.

So, bottom line, have fun and listen. You have a business to run, to  
be sure. Yet, you've probably got an eager but unexperienced person  
sitting with you in that interview. Use that time for all it's worth.

S

Steven Solomon
Writer, Inventor, Near Futurist
ssol at interactiveguild.com
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