Post by Market Yourself

A conversation we keep having with founders and HR managers: We cannot find good people. Here is what we think is actually happening, and it is not what most founders believe. The interview process in most Nigerian organisations is designed, often unintentionally, to filter for one specific skill: Confidence under unfamiliar pressure. This is not the same as competence. The people who pass your interviews are not necessarily your best hires. They are your most practiced presenters. Meanwhile, the qualified candidate who was nervous, who stumbled over one answer, who could not immediately recall specific metrics from a project they completed two years ago, that person just went to your competitor, or left the job market entirely. 93% of employers globally say soft skills matter as much as technical credentials. But most Nigerian hiring processes test almost exclusively for interview confidence, which is a soft skill nobody is formally developing in candidates. The solution is not interviewing more candidates. It is assessing them better before you commit to the interview. And it is developing candidates so that when they interview, their real capability is visible, not hidden behind nerves. Career Fix works from both sides: For candidates, it diagnoses the gap and trains performance under pressure before the interview. For employers, it pre-screens candidates on 8 competencies so the interview reveals real capability, not just interview skill. Comment 🔥 if you have been filtered out of a role you were qualified for. Comment 😤 if you have hired someone who interviewed well and underperformed. Both happen, in the same Lagos office block.