Interviewing 101: Don't be the "
open kimono" interviewee
What is the quasi-technical term for these descriptions overheard by the WM journalist Denise Robertson (1934 -): i) I''m coming into this with an
open kimono. ii) Run that up the flagpole and see if it flies, and, iii) You''re a lighthouse on a cloudy night.
If a colleague declares "I'm coming into this with an
open kimono", he or she is throwing an idea out into the open while being ready to accept criticism.
Yet, many very bad interviews come down to the use of extreme honesty, or what I call "
open kimono" syndrome.
EVER been told to take a bite out of a reality sandwich after running an
open kimono up a flagpole?
Say on pay, a provision of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act that becomes effective next year, will have the effect of forcing public corporations to
open kimonos that have long been cinched tight--even by companies with relatively transparent disclosure practices.