In my field of expertise: the more advanced the certifications (on IT side) the more likely to get past the initial screeners and ended up doing face-to-face interviews.
We recently had a few interviews for an intermediate position: the prospects came with glorious (absolutely glorious, makes you wonder why he/she is over-qualified for our position...) resume and over-qualified certifications for the relevant field...and there it was on resume saying that he/she had worked in major national companies in US during the past 8yrs or so.....but it wasn't until we did the in-person interview that we instantly realised such person has communication difficulties...can't even convey simple technical messages across to us...
interview anxiety, perhaps? but in our field we not only have to know our stuff well, but also need to be able to write reports, verbally communicates with other stakeholders about suggestions, issues, etc.
Just my thoughts on the subject.
Q.
We recently had a few interviews for an intermediate position: the prospects came with glorious (absolutely glorious, makes you wonder why he/she is over-qualified for our position...) resume and over-qualified certifications for the relevant field...and there it was on resume saying that he/she had worked in major national companies in US during the past 8yrs or so.....but it wasn't until we did the in-person interview that we instantly realised such person has communication difficulties...can't even convey simple technical messages across to us...
interview anxiety, perhaps? but in our field we not only have to know our stuff well, but also need to be able to write reports, verbally communicates with other stakeholders about suggestions, issues, etc.
Just my thoughts on the subject.
Q.