Dunedin City Council s CEO Sandy Graham looks for integrity, adaptability and good communication when interviewing candidates. People don’t realise how broad their skills are, she says, and adaptable people are an advantage to organisations having to make do with less money in a Covid-19 world. She advises people – in particular women – not to undersell themselves in a job interview, and to be authentic. When she’s interviewing people, she likes to have a conversation on top of the standard questions, giving them a chance to be at their best. When recruiting, she always wants to do the final interview face to face. There’s something that you miss in remote interviews that you just can’t quantify, she says.