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I want to thank you for your time in applying for a position with Sensera Systems. As a rapidly growing young company, effective hiring is key to our success. We take it seriously. Our goal is to ensure we hire the best candidates we can find that we believe will be successful and will be major contributors to the company’s success and culture.
Our practice is that we do provide feedback to every candidate that we interview. I believe we did so in your case as well.
As the company has evolved we have experimented with various methodologies for assessing and interviewing candidates. If you study the literature for best practices on hiring you may have noticed that “skills” for a position are only one of several dimensions that should be evaluated.
In addition to skills, some qualities we look for in adding to our team include: transparency, directness in feedback, humbleness, ambition, and self-awareness. I have found that asking about past employment and transitions can reveal a number of important data points including how a candidate thinks about their career path, how well they reflect on past experiences to gain lessons and understanding, and how direct and honest they are with me and themselves about the experience.
While the interview may have felt disorganized to you, clearly our process is working. We have assembled, and continue to add to, a great team at Sensera.
Best of luck to you.
Sincerely,
David Gaw
CEO
