Interview 2

I recently had the chance to talk to some entrepreneurs about what they look for in potential employees. Here I leave one the interviews I did to Josep Maria Escoda, a man that has taken the reins of a familiar business and has made what it is today a successful alimentary wholesale distribution chain.

Name: Josep Mª Escoda Tarragó

Employment: Chief and manager in Distribucions Escoda S.A.

What do you look for in a new employee?

The capability to realize a job, personal disposition in behalf of the business and the development of required tasks.

What do you focus in during an interview?

In the honesty of the answers, not faking or decorating their reply. Basically the fact that the person answers what he/she thinks I want to hear and not really saying what he/she is thinking.

How important is the Curriculum Vitae to you?

I give significance to the fact that the person has worked in other companies active in the same sector related to the job that we offer, and that the position in which that person has developed his/hers functions successively can become improvements in the workplace.

We also care about the period of time that person has work in the same business. If he/she jumps between jobs very often it’s not something we are attracted to.

How important in the new employee’s attitude in the interview and in the job to you?

The attitude that we look for in a new employee in the interview is basically the honesty and the burning desire to get the job. The attitude in the workplace has to correspond to the attitude shown in the interview.