Will You Hire This Applicant Case Study Sample

Will You Hire This Applicant Case Study Sample

You are the HR Director of one of the most prestigious Computer Company. Your CEO recently fired the Executive Vice-President (EVP) of your company who was supposed to be the most qualified person to replace the CEO who is retiring in three years.  You have been tasked to look for a replacement who would be the best person to assume the responsibilities of the EVP and would be able to take over the CEO after he retires. Among the important qualifications that the candidate must possess are the following:

1. 1.    Demonstrated team building and leadership skills
2. 2.    “Out of the box thinker” must be key driver contributing to the products development and willing to take innovative product risk.
3. 3.    Manage diverse, simultaneous projects of varying complexities.
4. 4.    Strong relationship management, strategy development, project management, problem-solving and change management skills.
5. 5.    Professional and positive approach, self-motivated, strong in building relationships, team player, dynamic, creative with the ability to work on own initiative.

A colleague of yours from another computer company suggested a candidate who used to work as a Vice-President of a progressive multi-national computer company who was looking for a job.  He described him as follows:

“He acts without thinking and with bad judgment. . . . He does not give credit where due. . . . Very often, when told of a new idea, he will immediately attack it and say that it is worthless or even stupid and tell you that it was a waste of time to work on it. This alone is bad management, but, if the idea is a good one, he will soon be telling people about it as though it was his own. At the same time, he’s a genius. His imaginative leaps are instinctive, unexpected, and at times magical.”

Questions:

1. 1.    Will you consider to interview this person? Why and why not?
2. 2.    Will you hire this person? Why or why not?
3. 3.    Which of the Five (5) Personal characteristics and Personality do you think this applicant possesses or does not possess, which are essential for the position?