Truth 37The resume says "yes," but the body language says "no"

The candidate says all the right things. She has all the credentials you’re looking for. But you don’t feel quite right about her. Another candidate isn’t quite so polished, and the credentials aren’t exactly right, but you feel like this is the one you should hire. What’s going on here?

You may have had a situation where you were talking with someone and you just knew she didn’t really mean what she was saying. You may remember a time when you interviewed a candidate and he said he wanted the job, but it didn’t seem to register on his face. Or perhaps you can recall a time when you just didn’t trust a candidate and later you realized she never made eye contact when talking about ...

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