So, you want to be an astronaut?
A
colleague of mine passed me a link to an interesting article about how NASA
interviews candidates who would like to be an Astronaut.
They talk
about “looking for the 'right stuff,' but also trying to get rid of people with
the 'wrong stuff,' to summarise the process.
Apparently
anyone with a college degree and some scientific experience can apply to be an
astronaut. More than 6,000 people applied in 2013, but only eight individuals
were selected.
Clearly
NASA will invest considerably in each candidate that is accepted citing that it
could take up to 10 years before they fly.
For those
of us whose feet are firmly on the ground, it appears that their process is not
too dissimilar to any other process in that the first round involves an initial
set of interviews and in the second round, assessments are conducted by a
psychiatrist to determine any grounds for disqualification.
It is not
too difficult these days to streamline the recruitment process and integrate
testing including psychometric testing to help determine whether candidates are
made of “the right stuff”.
After all,
investing in developing any employee might not be as expensive as NASAs but it
does have a considerable financial impact if you invest in the “wrong stuff”.
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