Interview Questions — The Best and the Worst
Our interview questions can sometimes thwart attempts in hiring the best candidates. Learn how to identify some clunkers and replace them with quality questions!
Let’s do some guided imagery to kick off this post. Imagine this: You and your team will need to hire a new person to round out your staff team. You’re the hiring manager or selected to be part of an interview team. Perhaps it’s an expected vacancy. Or it’s a vacancy you weren’t expecting. And perhaps funding for an entirely new position came through. In any of these cases, resumes will be reviewed and top candidates will be invited for an interview.
At this point in the imagery, you have to think about the process that follows, as it varies from industry to industry. Thinking about my husband’s field of biotech, new hire interviews can last up to five hours over several days of interviews. However, in my previous field of student affairs, final interviews could last between six to eight hours and even up to two days (True Story!). That’s either a little time to fill or hours and hours to fill with questions. But in each interview slot, you still need quality questions to determine if the candidate is the best for the position.
In your imagined job to fill, what are the questions you want to ask? Questions you need to ask? And questions you think would be…
