FREE online courses on How to Become A Great Interviewer - Achieving Your Interview Objectives

 

You must accomplish three objectives in an interview within a limited time period (45 minutes to one hour at the most):

Uncover the experience that qualifies the candidate who can do your job

Evaluate the personal chemistry of the candidate to match your company's values

Sell the candidate on the opportunity with your company

 

That's why it's so important to know what you are going to ask in the first interview, and to be sure that you maintain consistency by covering the same ground with all of the candidates.

 

Try this: The patterned interview. Before you meet any candidates, write down a series of questions about professional experience, technical knowledge and career accomplishments you wish to know about each person. Have them typed (leave room to write in answers) and duplicate the form. Click here to see a sample patterned interview.