II: You Shall Not Make For Yourself Your Job Easier By Asking Candidates The Following Rote Interview Questions: "What is your greatest strength and greatest weakness?", "Where do you see yourself in five years?", and "Do you prefer to work independently or as part of a team?".
III: You Shall Not Take Your Candidate's Name In Vain As You Wait Two Months To Give An Answer, Slowly Stringing Them Along Before Crushing Their Hopes With A Form Email Sent On A Friday Afternoon.
IV: Remember The Sabbath Day And Don't Schedule Interviews For Mondays, Especially During Football Season, If St. Patrick's Day Or Halloween Falls On A Weekend, Or If Sabbath Was Especially Warm And Conducive To Day-Drinking.
V: Honor Your Candidates and Don't Answer Your Cell or Office Phone During The Interview Even If You Just Have To Tell Someone To Take Your Name Off Their Cell Phone. Huge. Quickly. Bye.
VI: You Shall Not Murder (Really This Is Just Common Sense).
VII: You Shall Not Come To The Interview Unprepared Having Not Read the Resume, Having Not Read The Job Description, Or Having Not Put On Pants.
VIII: You Shall Not Steal Your Candidate's Pen (This Happened Once And Let Me Tell You, It Throws One Through A Loop).
IX: You Shall Not Bear False Witness Regarding The Availability Of The Position Or The Existence Of Strong Internal Candidates.
X: You Shall Not Covet the HBS Degree; You Shall Not Covet A Consulting Background, Nor Proficiency In Access, Nor Your Neighbor's Donkey, Nor A High Undergraduate GPA, Nor The Answer To "Why Are Manhole Covers Round?".
Did I miss any? Feel free to tell me in the comments...
