Interviewing Skills

Managers who have little or no experience conducting interviews often believe their chances of hiring the best candidate for a job are about as good as throwing double sixes on a single toss of the dice.

There are ways, however, to turn the apparent obstacles into opportunities to hire or promote excellent talent. By carefully selecting and properly using one or more interviewing techniques, any manager can lay the groundwork for a successful new hire or promotion.

Whether determining the suitability of a job applicant for an open position or deciding whom to promote, there are three questions a manager conducting the interview should ask before summoning the first candidate:

  1. What will make a candidate suitable for this job? ...

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