The exact change
"The candidates who do best in our panels are the ones who seem to be having a conversation with a group of people rather than being interrogated. They look at the person who asked, they bring in the others, they seem comfortable. Candidates who stare at one person or who scan nervously around the room make everyone uncomfortable." - HR Director, financial services firm --- "Our government panel interviews use structured scoring. I am required to score candidates on specific competencies against predetermined anchors. Candidates who do not know this come in and try to charm the room. The ones who succeed come in with organized, complete answers that clearly address each competency they know we are looking for." - Federal Hiring Manager
The candidates who tend to do best in panel interviews are the ones who seem to be having a conversation with a group of people rather than being interrogated. They look at the person who asked, they bring in the others, and they seem comfortable. Candidates who stare at one person or who scan nervously around the room can make everyone uncomfortable. --- Government panel interviews often use structured scoring, where panelists are required to score candidates on specific competencies against predetermined anchors. Candidates who do not know this may come in and try to charm the room. The ones who succeed tend to come in with organized, complete answers that clearly address each competency the panel is looking for.
Suggested change
De-attributed both quotes to plain unattributed prose preserving the underlying claims.
Why this is better
De-attributed two unverified quotes ('HR Director, financial services firm' and 'Federal Hiring Manager') to unattributed prose, preserving the underlying claims.
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