Many companies conduct exit interviews with departing employees, to gain insight into why they’re moving on. But have you ever thought of interviewing the candidates who’ve turned down your job offer?
That’s the suggestion made by executive coach Ben Dattner in a recent Harvard Business Review blog post.
What’s the payoff? Employers can pinpoint the weak spots in the overall recruiting efforts, whether salaries offered are competitive, and even gauge the effectiveness of individual interviewers. This feedback “can also give you advance warning about factors that may cause your offer rate to decline, enabling you to take proactive steps to prevent it from happening,” Dattner writes.
