Overview

Learn the skills of great interviewing: how to prepare for, conduct and follow up in your next interviews. This workshop also teaches how to avoid the kinds of improper or even illegal questions in an interview and how to respond to questions by the interviewee that can potentially come back to haunt you.

Includes an extensive list of good interview questions and a tool you can use during the interview to record and grade answers. A great handout packet accompanies the workshop with sample forms to use to delegate and keep track of what has been assigned.

Why you should Attend

In today’s world, bringing aboard the very best talent you can is essential for your success. The interview is often the first step in this process and learning how to conduct effective interviews is a critical skill for managers at all levels. Often, managers are hesitant or even fearful as they face interviewees. They are afraid to not ask the right questions, ask illegal or improper questions, and how to handle questions by the person being interviewed. This workshop addresses these and other issues and provides the skills and tools needed to conduct the right interviews to get the right people hired

Areas Covered in the Session

• Why great interviews set the stage for great hiring
• How to prepare for the interview, using a list of legal/proper and improper questions
• Use the form provided to prepare for and conduct the interview
• How to invite and prepare people for the interview
• How to follow up with the persons whether hired or not

Who Will Benefit

• Current managers at all levels
• HR leaders and staff who conduct interviews
• Emerging leaders you want to prepare for promotion
• Senior executives