Interviewing

At first glance, it can seem offensive when a candidate cancels their interview with you. You’re giving them a fantastic opportunity, and all they need to do is attend the interview, yet they call the whole thing off. It leaves you in a tricky position. You now have an open time slot, and the chances…

Sales is a high-pressure environment, often driven by commission, so sales staff need to be trained and have the right personality to thrive. A poor choice in salesperson can be detrimental not just to their career but to your business as a whole. Interviews can be tailored to the role. Here are 30+ questions you…

Healthcare is one of the most in-demand positions in the world right now, for obvious reasons. Few roles are as sought-after as that of the nurse practitioner, whether the candidate is a newcomer fresh out of medical school or an experienced nurse with a decade of practice at their back. While many facilities can’t afford…

Consider these questions: “How many golf balls would fit inside of a Boeing 757?” “How would you move Mount Fuji?” Questions like these focus on understanding a candidate’s reactions to stress on the job. “Stress questions” like the two above allow a candidate the chance to describe their experiences, but they’re not foolproof. Different people…

Two pressures run counter to one another in the hiring process. On the one hand, you want to be thorough, and you need to make sure that you’re hiring the best possible candidates. Missing a critical character flaw, skill gap, or other indication of a poor worker means struggling to fit them into your team,…

An increasing number of companies, ranging from multinational enterprises to small businesses, are implementing second interviews in their hiring processes. As a business owner, HR manager, or another decision-maker, you may have wondered whether or not it’s a valuable option, or if other companies are doing it just because everyone else seems to be. The…

The term “group interview” can be used to describe two kinds of interview formats. The first is the actual group interview and is the style we’re discussing today. This is the format where one interviewer (or a small team) interviews a group of candidates at the same time. The second type is where several interviewers…

Everyone has to start somewhere. New hires need to receive training for their job to do that job well. The trouble comes from cases where the role is critical enough that mistakes are costly. In IT or Development, there are version controls, test environments, and security processes. In manufacturing, there’s redundancy and time spent training…

Conducting interviews is a core part of the human resources team, but there are several ways to go about it. Two of the most common options are phone interviews and in-person interviews. Both options are viable for interviewing a candidate, but they have their pros and cons. Picking the right interview for the right situation…

A critical part of the hiring process is testing your candidates to make sure they will fit in with the company. This means testing several different aspects of a candidate; their ethics, their personality, their skills, and so on. Hiring the wrong people can seriously hurt your company morale, culture, happiness, and productivity. There’s a…

The ongoing global pandemic has thrown the labor market into disarray. Dramatic unemployment, dramatic increases in hiring, a massive shift towards remote work, and an increase in remote hiring have all thrown historic trends out the window. Companies right now are exercising due caution. Many have made the shift to remote work and, six months…

When it comes to interviewing candidates for a position, all too often the final determination comes down not to objective facts, but to gut feelings and impressions left by the interview. This leads to candidates who might be charismatic and charming but underperform at their job when technical tasks and computers – which can’t be…