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“Don’t Tell Me About Yourself” is where old-school hiring meets a modern reality check. Hosted by Expert Interviewers Co-Founders Lorna Erickson and Victoria Gates, this show blends their combined 40 years of real-world experience with the unfiltered commentary that made 340K+ people laugh, cringe, and rethink how interviews actually work. Each week, they tackle the biggest news in hiring, from chaotic interview moments to ghost jobs and questions that should have been retired decades ago. Whether you hire, apply, or just love a good interview trainwreck, this show is for anyone who’s ever sat on either side of the interview table. Real stories. Real data. Real talk about how to make interviews actually work for everyone. Because great hiring isn’t luck—it's a skill.
Internal interviews can be harder to evaluate fairly than external interviews because managers already know the candidate, their reputation, their past mistakes, and their current performance. In this episode, we explain how to interview internal candidates fairly, how to avoid predetermined promoti...
Some interview questions refuse to die. We break down why hiring managers still ask questions like “Tell me about yourself,” “What’s your greatest weakness?” and “Where do you see yourself in five years?” even when they often provide very little useful evidence about whether someone can do the job. ...
Season 2 is back, and we’re starting with one of the relationships that can make or break the entire hiring process: recruiters and hiring managers. We break down why the two sides so often end up frustrated with each other, where the partnership starts to fall apart, and how that disconnect impacts...
In this live episode, you’ll learn why most companies are overlooking the biggest risk in their hiring process: candidate experience. Daniel Birkholm shares how focusing only on hired candidates ignores the majority of people interacting with your brand and why that can hurt both hiring outcomes and...
In this live episode, you’ll learn why relationships are the most important skill for HR leaders right now and how AI can actually help strengthen them. London Porter shares why HR is often misunderstood, how to turn conflict into connection, and why leaders need to focus on relationships across the...
In this live episode, you’ll learn why AI won’t fix your organization if you don’t understand it first. Tom McCarty shares how most companies struggle with fragmented, outdated data and why visibility into your organization is the foundation for better decisions. This is a practical look at how to p...
In this live episode, you’ll learn how AI is already reshaping HR and why companies need to act now to keep up. Rosie Parra shares how her team is approaching AI with a focus on education, guardrails, and protecting the human side of work. This is a practical look at what leaders should be thinking ...
In this live episode, you’ll learn how to use AI in your organization without losing your culture or replacing your people. Peter Lynch shares why AI should be viewed as a tool to enhance employees, not eliminate them, and how a human-first approach is driving real adoption across his organization. ...
In this live episode, you’ll learn why video is one of the most overlooked tools in recruiting and how it directly impacts hiring results. Omar Khatib shares how companies are using employee-generated video content to increase applications, improve conversion, and reduce reliance on expensive recrui...
In this live episode, you’ll learn how to use AI in recruiting without making your process worse. Stef Nikitas shares how her team improved hiring speed, reduced interview no-shows, and kept human decision-making at the center while using AI tools. This is a practical look at what actually works, wh...