STEP 7

Finalizing the Interview Questions

There is really not much to do here, but it does give you the time to check through each of the criteria and make sure that all the knowledge-based questions make sense. It’s at this stage that the questions are written onto the marking sheets and it must be clear who is asking the questions for each set of criteria. It is preferable if the professional interviewer starts off the questioning and the line manager asks all the probing questions. Questions need to be scored at the end of each question; so it’s 10 points for a perfect answer regardless of how many probing questions are asked (maximum of 4 per question). Do not be tempted to add in obvious questions such as the ones shown below. Stick specifically ...

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