A brief guide to interviewing

Hiring the wrong person leads to fatal delays and failures in various projects. Interviewing people is a strict and simple, but precise and effective way to determine the right person. The ultimate goal of a successful interview is to establish rapport gather all the vital answers. These can be obtained by asking proper questions.

1. Preparations

It is always good to make a background research if you know the candidate(s) in advance. All the factual info is presented in the CV and the cover letter, and you can also look for their social feeds. Use the information without prejudice to ask specific questions related to the information from the CV and/or the cover letter.

2. General questions

Obviously, you want to ease the applicant into the interview, starting with a small talk and proceeding with some general questions. The point here is to make sure all the answers match the research info you’ve found.

3. Behavioral questions

It is important to pinpoint how the applicant handles various situations. You should ask what professional skills they’ve displayed and what knowledge they’ve implemented, especially those traits you’re looking for. Answers based on the previous experiences are just brilliant to determine the abilities of the candidate.

Feel loose to put the candidate on the spot. The tricky questions are aimed to put the candidate into a stressful or doubtful situation so that they shouldn’t be obvious like “Why should we hire you?”. People are mostly prepared for that. Be sharp minded. Whether you’re hiring the best barber in New York or looking for a senior developer, the concept is the same.