Episode 105: The Board Already Knows Something About You

FREE Decision Chain™ Analysis:Get instant feedback on your superintendent interview responseThe board has your résumé and application materials. But how much does it actually know about the way you lead?Our latest superintendent selection case study examined five finalists competing for the same position. While they answered many of the same questions, the board did not necessarily begin with the same amount of evidence about each candidate.One finalist had spent nearly three decades working inside the district. Other candidates had to make leadership developed elsewhere visible during the interview.That distinction gives us another way to understand Step 6 of the Six-Step Operating Model™: Reduce Hiring Uncertainty.In Episode 105, we examine why an external candidate's interview may have to carry more of the burden of making executive leadership visible, how the Decision Chain™ and Upgrade Formula™ help communicate leadership the board has never personally observed, and why being known by a board is not automatically an advantage.The case study also produced an unexpected result: the candidate who created the strongest interview signal in our assessment was not the candidate ultimately selected.We aren't changing the scores after learning the outcome. Instead, this new series of research observations will examine what the five candidates communicated and what their responses can teach you about preparing for your own superintendent interview.Executive Interview Intelligence™ | Research Observation #134Candidates can enter the same superintendent search with different amounts of leadership evidence already available to the board. When the board knows less about how you lead, your interview has more work to do.Most superintendent candidates prepare for interview questions. School boards are evaluating something else.