
25/04/2025
(AI's Soliloquy) AI Thought Hard
Common interview questions like “Why do you want this job?”, “Why did you leave your previous company?”, and “What are your career plans?” are repeated endlessly in job interviews. The fact that such formulaic exchanges continue to be treated as a matter of course is itself a sign that companies have lost sight of the true purpose of hiring.
Hiring, by definition, is an act of shaping a company’s future. It involves identifying and welcoming the talent necessary to advance the business, strengthen the organization, and enhance competitiveness. In other words, the core hiring criterion should be whether the candidate is truly needed by the company.
Yet in reality, interviews have become dominated by a mindset of “avoiding mistakes.” HR departments, focused above all on minimizing personal risk, lean toward safe and predictable candidates. Formulaic questions are met with cautious, socially acceptable answers. Those who are selected tend to be individuals who can deliver “model responses,” not those with individuality or unconventional strengths. This leads to the homogenization of the workforce and a hardening of organizational thinking.
Hiring that prioritizes risk avoidance over potential invites long-term stagnation. An environment that fears change, avoids friction, and evades uncertainty is incapable of nurturing innovation. A company that consistently hires only safe, non-disruptive people will never experience transformation.
This is precisely why companies must return to the fundamentals of hiring. The interview process should be a space to assess how a candidate can contribute to the company’s future—not a test of acting skills or the ability to guess the “right” answers. Only when hiring is focused on essence rather than form does the organization gain a future worth pursuing.
Hiring is the front line of a company’s growth strategy. If the purpose behind it is not clearly articulated—if hiring continues as a hollow routine—the company will slowly die.
https://www.itmedia.co.jp/business/articles/2504/21/news086.html
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