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Over the years, studies have shown that traditional unstructured interviews do a bad job at predicting job performance.
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David Pickard, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
While Bailey does a happy dance, the men do a bad job hiding their nerves.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
In politics, democratic governments derive their legitimacy from the fact voters can eject those who do a bad job.
—TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
In my opinion, tests do a bad job of measuring how somebody will grow into a job, so wherever possible, my team and I don't use them.
—Vijay Sundaram, Forbes, 14 June 2021
Police, Jai believes, do a bad job of getting out their good stories, and a bad job of communicating when a tragedy happens.
—Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
In fact, the best way to keep the scales from becoming entirely resistant to pesticides was, paradoxically, to do a bad job of applying those herbicides.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2010
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David Pickard, Forbes.com, 11 June 2025
While Bailey does a happy dance, the men do a bad job hiding their nerves.
—Caroline Framke, Vulture, 6 June 2025
In politics, democratic governments derive their legitimacy from the fact voters can eject those who do a bad job.
—TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
In my opinion, tests do a bad job of measuring how somebody will grow into a job, so wherever possible, my team and I don't use them.
—Vijay Sundaram, Forbes, 14 June 2021
Police, Jai believes, do a bad job of getting out their good stories, and a bad job of communicating when a tragedy happens.
—Reid Forgrave, Star Tribune, 20 Mar. 2021
In fact, the best way to keep the scales from becoming entirely resistant to pesticides was, paradoxically, to do a bad job of applying those herbicides.
—Carl Zimmer, Discover Magazine, 4 May 2010
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“Do a bad job.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20a%20bad%20job. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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