Inside water hiring: Interviews, AI, and what really matters
How going through interviews while conducting them reveals the evolving dynamics of talent, communication, and decision-making in the water sector.
The water market, like any business, often moves through recommendations and personal connections.
That’s why we created the Water Jobs section, why we have the networking chat, and why we encourage members of the Water MBA community to connect with one another, exchange ideas, and explore new opportunities.
But a large part of it still follows the typical CV and interview process, as we all know.
There are usually two scenarios.
First, you are the one attending interviews for different positions.
Second, you are the one conducting interviews to bring people into your company or department.
Something interesting happened over the last months. Since the beginning of the Middle East conflict, literally on the exact same day it started, I thought: this could become significant.
My corporate work is mainly based in the Middle East, so I said to myself: I’m going to test the waters a bit because I honestly don’t know what is going to happen here.
Purely from an intelligence and market-awareness perspective, I became involved in several interview processes, which I want to talk about below.
At the same time, the purpose of this article also comes from the fact that over the last years I have been hiring people for the department or projects and conducting interviews myself.
Honestly, this combination — this intersection between seeing what different companies are demanding, understanding what you personally look for when hiring, and also tracking the type of offers and profiles constantly appearing in the market or being discussed by people around you — has been extremely interesting.