Havre Job Service Employers'
Committee Employer Resource Guide
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Havre Job Service Employers'
Committee Employer Resource Guide
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Guidelines for
Interviewing
1. Determine what skills,
experience and aptitude are necessary to perform the job well by referring to
the job description (prepared prior to recruiting and interviewing). 2.
Identify the most important qualifications from 6-10 major tasks of the position
and determine how you will measure those qualifications through the interview
process. 3.
Develop 10-15 job-related questions to ask during the interview. Definitely
avoid any questions related to: race, creed, national origin, color, sex,
religion, physical or mental handicap, marital status, age, or political ideas
(state, county or city government). 4.
Transfer these questions to an interview form that provides a means of
consistently asking the same questions of all applicants and provides space for
rating candidates and taking notes, 5. Try to make applicant comfortable in order to
elicit more and better in- formation. 6. Start with easy, non-threatening questions to
put the person at ease. 7.
Use open-ended questions that allow more thought and input from the applicant.
Allow silence in order for the candidate to formulate an answer. 8.
Subtly control the direction of the interview by using mirroring and re-
phrasing techniques. Listen at least 50% of the time--and look for discrepancies
between words and behaviors. 9.
Consider having more than one-person interview as this increases the chances for
hiring the right person. 10. Check references and verify past employment
dates of applicants. |
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