“Let me see your list of questions,” I asked. I could tell by the quick look that Claire didn’t have a list.
“I don’t have them written, just in my head, but I could probably write the questions down for you, if that would help,” she responded.
“How many questions do you have in your head?”
“Well, none really prepared, I have the resume, so I just ask questions from that.”
It’s not Claire’s fault. No company ever trained her to conduct a job interview. No company ever trained her to create interview questions that reveal valuable information to make a hiring decision. Effective hiring interviews are a critical management skill for the successful manager.
Many managers conduct the hiring interview solely from the candidate’s resume in their hand. Change this one thing to make your interviews better. Craft your interview questions from the role description rather than the person’s resume. Every question should have a specific purpose to give you data about the candidate relative to the role you want them to play in your company. It’s not what the candidate has done (though it may be fascinating), but what the candidate has done related to the role.
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Tom – you are spot on. Not only have most managers not been properly trained in how to conduct interviews – and how to determine a candidates’ level of mental complexity – they also have not been properly trained to write very specific job descriptions. And it’s the job descriptions from where most of the salient interview questions come. Most managers I advise get frustrated with me for wanting to be so specific about the precise wording of the tasks identified on the job descriptions; it takes time and effort. But when done properly, the interview questions come naturally.
interview questions are mostly asked according to your resume what you have written over it, whta’s your interest and about your experiences what you have done before this, it will easy for the candidate to answer the questions of the interviewer. most of the managers asked que according to their requirements not according to the candidate caliber its totally upto them what they wants in their candidate.