How (Not) to Select a Narcissist
- Start: 5:30pm
- End: 7:00pm
- Duration: 1 Hours 30 Min
- Category: Network Events
- Region: Nelson
- Constance Barnicoat Room
- Richmond Library, 280 Queen Street
- Richmond 7020
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They interview brilliantly. Confident, polished, full of potential, and clearly the standout candidate. 🎯
Six months later they are your lowest performer, your biggest headache, and somehow still convinced they are your best hire.
📅 Thursday 1 October 2026 🕠 5:30pm to 7:00pm 📍 Constance Barnicoat Room, Richmond Library, 280 Queen Street, Richmond
Sound familiar? You are not alone, and it is not bad luck. Research shows the very interview techniques we trust most, the structured competency questions and the role plays, are the ones narcissists shine in. The people who star in the interview room are often the last people you want starring on your team.
In this session, occupational psychologist Keith McGregor draws on more than 30 years in selection and assessment to show you how to see past the performance. Learn why “but they interviewed so well” is a warning sign rather than a reassurance, how to question for genuine attitudes and values rather than rehearsed answers, and how to spot the difference between real capability and confident self promotion before it costs you.
Come along and learn how not to select a narcissist, so you can select the people who will actually do the job.
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Presenter Details
Keith McGregor, Director, Personnel Psychology NZ Ltd
Keith McGregor is an organisational psychologist and Director of Personnel Psychology NZ Ltd, based in Lower Hutt. He has more than 30 years of experience in selection and assessment, and works with organisations across Aotearoa New Zealand to design recruitment processes that identify genuine capability rather than rehearsed performance. After completing his psychology degree in 1974, Keith joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force as an industrial psychologist. During 12 years in the RNZAF, Keith was involved in a wide range of organisational and personnel psychology including such areas as selection test development, interviewing, training development, selection validation, personal counselling, large scale survey work and statistical analysis. In 1986 Keith became a director of Gilmour McGregor & Associates, a psychological consultancy employing registered psychologists of various disciplines: clinical, forensic and industrial. Among the numerous organisations he has worked with, both national and international, Keith is recognised for his executive assessment work and in particular for his extensive knowledge of interview techniques, testing and test development. Large scale survey research work also remains a focus, as does staff training, organisational development and career related counselling. He is also the developer of Selector-PA, E-Profiler and Career-Step computer programs for employee selection and management. While remaining a director of Gilmour McGregor & Associates, in 2003 Keith established Personnel Psychology NZ Ltd to enable him to focus on providing personnel assessment, training and support to managers and staff. Keith is a registered psychologist and was previously the co-ordinator of the industrial/organisational special interest group for the Occupational Division for the New Zealand Psychological Society for Human Resources NZ.
