{"id":15,"date":"2020-05-09T16:42:00","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T16:42:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/johnnyhuntington.com\/italent\/insights\/?p=15"},"modified":"2020-05-09T16:42:00","modified_gmt":"2020-05-09T16:42:00","slug":"how-to-interview-candidates-in-the-right-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.italent-me.com\/insights\/how-to-interview-candidates-in-the-right-way\/","title":{"rendered":"How to interview candidates in the right way?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Many factors are critical to a company&#8217;s success. However, a big slice of the pie goes to abilities in recruitment &#8211; or in other words, knowing how to hire the best people for the jobs available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Selecting, motivating, developing and retaining top employees is definitely a hard process. It is also a process which is tightly connected to the success of the company &#8211; and that is why it is extremely important. Hiring people with enthusiasm, engagement to work and simply greatness in what they do is difficult from a point of an interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This will teach you how to prepare for a job interview on your side &#8211; as well as which aspects to focus on and which questions to ask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We have created 2 bullet lists to guide you through the process of successful job interviews:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Key Points to Effectiveness:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>staying focused and conscious during the interview<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>overcoming emotions and focus on maximum control<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>listening at least 80% of the time<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Some of the proven recruitment formulas follow:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>job skills + people skills = a successful work behavior<\/strong><\/li><li><strong>past behavior = future behavior<\/strong><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>And now you may be asking &#8211; how to prepare and what to focus on throughout the interview?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Preparation<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Apart from these short bullet lists, we also examined the way of <strong>preparing for a successful and effective interview<\/strong>. In order to be ready for anything and everything &#8211; and get the best results from a single interview, one should do as following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Job Analysis &#8211; Find out the candidate&#8217;s most critical competencies, experience and knowledge<\/li><li>Create your pitch &#8211; of the exact job description for the interview<\/li><li>Read and observe information from candidate&#8217;s resume and reference letters<\/li><li>Decide the duration time &#8211; which should be less than an hour<\/li><li>Write job specific questions (technical)<\/li><li>Write emotional intelligence competency questions (ex. &#8216;How would you react if&#8230;?&#8217;;&#8217; Can you tell me a time when you experienced&#8230;?&#8217; etc.)<\/li><li>Indicate problem behavior question (ex. &#8216;What was the problem that got you fired?&#8217; etc.)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Interviewing Process<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>During the interviewing process, you should do the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Ask for specific job skills and education competency questions you prepared<\/li><li>Ask interpersonal skills competency questions &#8211; to find out the EQ (emotional intelligence). Remember, in most of the cases these questions are 70% of the decision you&#8217;ll make!<\/li><li>Take notes on the answers and potential problem behaviors<\/li><li>Take notes on career development as well<\/li><li>Call references<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p>Complete a hiring rating sheet with ratings on general impressions<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, making good hiring decisions is a result of great preparation and proper research. Additionally, it is also a matter of how the job description will be posted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, for the best candidates who will apply &#8211; it is your responsibility to dig deeper and explore the emotional aspect of their character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many factors are critical to a company&#8217;s success. 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