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• Specific concerns about information contained in resumés (See the section “Red Flags,” in Lesson 2) were clearly flagged for further discussion with the candidate.
• All candidates selected for further consideration were notified in writing and were asked to complete company employment application forms, which included a clause permitting you to contact any and all former employers as well as others with knowledge of the applicant’s work history, and a hold harmless agreement permitting all references to release information about the applicant.

TIP

Be sure to ask your corporate attorney to periodically review your company’s employment application to ensure that you have the proper legal authority to “network” references— that is, to ask each of them to provide a name of someone else who is familiar with the applicant’s work.

• Candidates were also asked to submit 10 “personal” references that included the names of former employers.
• Behavioral questions and appropriate follow-up probes were developed for each of the mandatory success factors identified in the job review.
• Any required testing was arranged for each candidate selected to be interviewed.
• References were contacted prior to interviews.
• Academic degrees were verified prior to interviews.
• Interviews were scheduled in advance, and sufficient time was allocated for each interview.

Taken From: 10 Minute Guide to Conducting a Job Interview

The price of building and maintaining good interviewing skills and techniques is eternal vigilance. After each round of interviews, it helps to take a few minutes to critique the interview process to detect what went right and what may need improvement.

Here’s a checklist covering each of the major tasks involved in the interview process. Use it to help spot weak areas and to reinforce strengths.

Preinterview

• A thorough analysis of the vacant position was performed, and mandatory success factors were identified.
• The immediate supervisor of the position was asked to describe any special factors that may be required to succeed in the job, including those imposed by the corporate culture.
• An interview panel was assembled, consisting of all supervisors to whom the new employee will report, together with a peer or two from the department or unit in which the opening exists.
• Panel members met at least once to thoroughly discuss the interview process.
• A resumé review tool, such as the Resumé Review Grid, discussed in Lesson 2, “The Resumé,” was developed and used as part of the preinterview screening process.
• Resumés were screened by more than one person.
• Applicants eliminated in the initial screening process were notified in writing.

TIP

Remember that just because an applicant was eliminated from further consideration for one job doesn’t mean you’ll never be interested in hiring them. The next opening in your organization may be a perfect match. So take the time to contact each unsuccessful applicant, thanking them for their interest, and encouraging them to apply again (unless, of course, the reason for their elimination is something that will disqualify them from being employed in any capacity with your firm.)

Taken From: 10 Minute Guide to Conducting a Job Interview

• Ask if the candidate has any unanswered questions.
• Ask if the candidate is interested in pursuing the position.
• Inform the candidate of what the next step will be in the selection process and when a decision is likely to be made.

The 30-Second Recap

• Begin with an analysis of the job—be sure to solicit the input of others.
• Identify required technical competencies, “ideal candidate” functional skills, “ideal candidate” self-management skills, interpersonal skill requirements, and any special requirements of the corporate culture.
• Rate the “ideal candidate” functional and self-management skills to determine which of them are mandatory success factors.
• Develop behavioral interview questions and follow-up probes for each of the mandatory success factors, the interpersonal skill requirements, and the requirements of the corporate culture.
• Develop an interview plan that will provide an agenda for the interview process and define general time allotments.

Taken From: 10 Minute Guide to Conducting a Job Interview

• Ask primary behavioral questions. (5 percent)
• Probe for specific actions. (65 percent)
• Probe for additional information or clarification. (20 percent)
• Probe for results. (10 percent)

Repeat this process until each of your mandatory success factors has been probed.

Position description phase: 5 minutes

• Provide the candidate with a job description.
• Explain the duties and responsibilities of the position.
• Offer specific examples of work performed.
• Offer to answer questions concerning the position.

Sell the company: 5 minutes

Be sure to assign one member of the interview team the responsibility of “selling the company” to the candidate. This should be a true sales effort outlining the major benefits involved in working for the company.

Taken From: 10 Minute Guide to Conducting a Job Interview

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