Conducting a successful recruitment and selection interview is not a matter of good luck or even effective conversation skills.  Many of today's interviews rely too much on candidate empathy, guesswork and lack of attention to thorough preparation and the need to carefully listen to applicants' responses.

Conducting a Recruitment/Selection Interview

 

TOPICS

 

·         Review the position to be filled

·         Determine the job competencies

·         Plan core questions and format to use

·         Review applicant responsibilities on paper

·         Put the applicant at ease

·         Ask Open-ended and relevant questions

·         Listen carefully for specific responses

·         Watch for non-verbal clues

·         Avoid early and emphatic judgements

·         Sift and evaluate information provided

·         Decide and be clear about next steps

 

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