Who Benefits from Interview Tips?

It is really fun to read sometimes about how awkward job candidates’ behaviour might be during the job interview. Smelling own armpits while going to a boardroom has already become the talk of the town. It is hard to disagree that stress may, to certain extent, explain such behaviour in a situation like this. But, on the other hand, do you really think that advising an interviewee not to do certain things could eventually be appreciated by the employer? Such candidates might be hired one day and being on the job they might forget recruiter’s advice on the appropriate behaviour and start acting in their customary and comfortable for them manner. Recruiters do a great job sharpening the candidate’s behaviour and helping them make a good impression on the potential employer. But, would they be able to change the “innate culture” of the people going to the interview? There are things that people either understand or they don’t. You cannot teach those things especially in a short time. Such candidates may remember useful advice while in the interview and follow it, but when hired, their “innate culture” may prevail at some point and reveal unpleasant behaviour in a least appropriate moment, be it a meeting with clients or just daily communication with other colleagues. Probably, employer whished to have known what kind of person the candidate is before making a hiring decision. Why not leave it with the employer to decide whether they could deal with these “cultural nuances”, which probably under certain circumstances may be offset by the candidate’s outstanding professional skills.