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Committee approves hybrid plan to give finalists half their interview questions 24 hours ahead
Summary
The committee voted to adopt HR—s recommendation for a hybrid approach: interview groups decide which roughly half of their questions to provide 24 hours in advance and which to ask on the spot, balancing preparation and impromptu assessment.
The Seaside School District search committee voted to provide candidates with approximately half of their interview questions 24 hours before the finalist interviews, leaving the remainder to be asked live.
HR had highlighted OSBA guidance recommending candidates receive questions 24 hours in advance; committee members favored a hybrid arrangement after debate about fairness and logistics. One HR memo to the committee noted that OSBA "recommends providing the candidates the interview questions 24 in advance." Committee members generally supported a 50/50 split: "50 50," a participant said, and groups would choose which questions to give in advance.
The motion to provide half of the questions 24 hours in advance was moved from the chair and passed by voice vote with multiple ayes recorded. The committee asked HR to collect group preferences and finalize the logistical details before interviews.
