What is the Featured Behavioral Interview (STAR Interview)?

Recruitment methods that are now attracting attention

A method called "behavioral interviewing" (STAR interviewing) is gaining attention as a hiring method by Google and Amazon. It is said to prevent mismatches in hiring by exploring applicants' past behavioral characteristics, values, and thought patterns.

Web-based interviews have become mainstream due to the Corona disaster, and many companies may be interested in them because they can cover the disadvantages of not being able to understand personalities as well as face-to-face interviews.

What is the behavioral interview (STAR interview)?

The method of asking questions and analyzing past behaviors, such as Situation: what kind of situation, Task: what kind of task, Action: how did you act, and Result: what kind of result, is called a behavioral interview, and the acronym for each is "STAR" interview.

Points to keep in mind when introducing the system

For the interviewer, digging deeper into the questions will reveal the applicant's characteristics and personality, and for the applicant, it will make it easier to answer honestly.

When considering the introduction of such a system, it is necessary to properly establish the company's evaluation criteria, prepare for the questions so that the intentions of the questions are clear, and ensure that the interviewers share the same awareness so that they can rationally identify the personnel they want.

Do you approve of side hustle?

 

Although there seems to be a trend toward allowing side hustle...

According to the "Questionnaire Survey on Side Jobs and Double Jobs" conducted by Adecco, Inc., the results are as follows.
More than 40% of the companies allow " side hustles/double jobs". On the other hand, more than half of the companies still do not allow "side hustles/double jobs".
Less than 20% of companies that currently prohibit "second and multiple jobs" are considering allowing it in the future.
Less than 30% of companies "accept" the employment of people with second or multiple jobs, and more than half "do not plan to accept" them.

In this survey, side hustles are defined as "sub-jobs done in between main jobs" and multiple jobs are defined as "doing multiple jobs as one's main job (dual jobs), but in this article, they are collectively referred to as side hustles, etc.

This survey was conducted on managers and section chiefs working for listed companies, so the trend is not the same for other demographics, but it seems that they are gradually moving toward allowing side hustles.

Do you still allow side hustles?

There are many aspects of side hustles that need to be taken care of, such as understanding working hours (self-reporting of working hours, total rules, management based on the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare's management model, etc.), the obligation to pay extra wages, and health management. In addition, if an employee of your company suffers a work-related injury that requires time off from work at a second job, it will naturally affect your company's operations. For these reasons, as shown in the survey above, some companies, even listed ones, are reluctant to accept side hustles.

If you understand the issues related to side hustles, etc., and still want to consider allowing them, it is essential to have a written pledge with employees that they are obligated to devote themselves to their main business, including the obligation to report their working hours, and to have related employment regulations in place.

If we have a system where people are allowed to do side hustles under the service contract, this problem will be somewhat reduced. However, this may weaken the effectiveness of the system in increasing the attractiveness of the company, so it may be difficult to introduce such a system in the current situation. Even if you decide to adopt a system that allows for side hustles, etc., careful consideration will be necessary.