The following paragraphs will answer the question of how Amanda Dervis, the HR manager for the Daily Gazette should respond to David Corbello’s, a hiring manager for the Daily Gazette, questions regarding the situation in “But I Didn’t Mean To” (Monday, 2016, p. 162). The paper will further discuss the hiring practices that David Corbello violated, and practices he should avoid.
Amanda Dervis should remind David Corbello, that although it is important for an interviewer to make an applicant feel comfortable and welcome, it is critical to keep an interview to a strictly professional conversation. When the applicant’s conversation turned toward discussing her family and divorce, David should have kindly informed her that “while the company…