Job Advice Blog

You walk out of the office building feeling elated, having just nailed an interview. You went back and read all of the Job Advice Blog’s interview tips, and saw just how well they work in action. You get home, wait a day, and really want to know about this job. Then you get the dreaded call, they went with another candidate. Normally you would understand, but you felt like you nailed everything this time, so it is an extra sticky and bad feeling. What do you do with it?

In March of 2015, Mark Zuckerberg (founder and CEO of Facebook), rolled out a golden rule of hiring. “I will only hire someone to work directly under me” he said “if I would work for that person.” What this means is that the qualities he looks in in prospective employees are the same qualities he would look for in a boss or manager. While this is not a quote that is attributed to every hiring manger in the world, it has gotten a fair bit of press, and is beginning to trend as a new way to screen applicants.