{"id":1073,"date":"2014-05-16T21:55:06","date_gmt":"2014-05-17T02:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonybeshara.com\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2014-05-16T21:55:06","modified_gmt":"2014-05-17T02:55:06","slug":"good-for-ken-a-little-luck-and-a-little-skill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonybeshara.com\/blog\/good-for-ken-a-little-luck-and-a-little-skill\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8230;good for Ken&#8230; a little luck and a little skill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ken interviewed for a first line managers job&#8230; his background is pretty perfect but unfortunately he was flat&#8230; no enthusiasm or fire in the belly&#8230; he came \u00a0in third, even though his experience and background were better than the other candidates who interviewed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The most impressive candidate was invited back and did a great job in the second interview in front of a group of people and looked like he was going to the offer&#8230; but a &#8220;backdoor&#8221; 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