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Get the second date: interviews are a blind date set by HR

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Fri, Oct 9, 2026

12:30 AM UTC (30 minutes)

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Interviews from the Hiring Manager's Side of the Desk
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What you'll learn

See the interview for what it is: a blind date.

HR set you up, and by minute five you're both deciding whether there's a second date.

Recognize that every question is really about fit.

Hear the questions underneath the questions and decode what's really being asked.

Learn how to demonstrate and evaluate fit.

Put your best foot forward, but know you also need to decide if this workplace fits you.

Why this topic matters

There's a test in most interviews now: the case, the take-home, the technical round. It's real, and it's the gate. Half clear it. What decides between the rest is fit: whether the hiring manager wants to work next to you for the next two years, and whether you want to work for them. Everyone preps for the gate. Almost nobody preps for the date. This is 30 minutes on what fit actually means to the person across the table, and how to show yours.

You'll learn from

Deena Beach

Ex-SVP Marketing, 20 years hiring, promoting & restructuring teams | WBD, Disney

I spent 20 years on the other side of the desk. SVP of Marketing at Warner Bros. Discovery, VP at Disney, and every rung on the way up. I hired, managed and mentored more than a hundred people. I promoted a lot of them, passed over some, let a few go, and sat in the rooms where those calls got made.

Here's what I learned in those rooms: the people who move up are rarely the ones doing the best work. They're the ones who understand how the decision actually gets made. Nobody teaches that. You figure it out on your own, usually after it costs you something.

So that's what I teach. What the hiring manager is actually asking. Why your manager can't get you promoted. What your offer is based on. Plain answers from someone who made the call.

I explain how work really works.

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