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Top 3 Interviewing Tips

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Top 3 Interviewing Tips

1. Be Prepared

That Scouts motto was never so appropriate as when it's interview time... remember, they'll

be assessing you and your company, so you need to make the right impression too.

Read through the candidates' C.V. properly.

Prepare a list of questions you need answers for, such as:

Relevant work experience

An example of what the candidate has done as part of a team

An example of something they have achieved on their own

How they perceive their strengths and weaknesses

How their current (or last) boss would describe them

Notice period

Salary expectations

Any holidays to be honoured

Travel arrangements - how will they get to work

Make sure you won't be interrupted and that the room is ready.

Allow enough time for each candidate.

2. Let them do the talking

It's very easy to get carried away and do most of the talking - big mistake - this is your

chance to see what the candidate is all about.

So once you've introduced yourself (and whoever else is present), and thanked them for

coming, and told them to relax etc. ask them what they know about the company (if they

have any sense they would have been on your website and done their homework), then ask

them about their relevant work experience. This is their moment to shine and sell

themselves to you. Prompt where necessary - not everyone is good at this, and some

people don't feel comfortable blowing their own trumpet.

If they can't tell you a thing about your company, and aren't able to tell you how they match

your job advert I would forget it, they obviously aren't interested enough to make an effort, so

how interested would they be in adding value to your business?

3. Don't promise anything you can't fulfil

After the interview, thank them for attending and tell them what will happen next.

If you tell them that you'll let them know, then you must do that, or risk losing your integrity.

There is nothing worse for a candidate than to be waiting for a call that never comes. If you

only intend to call the successful candidate that's perfectly acceptable and you can tell them

that. It's good to let them know when you will be making your decision so they know when

the waiting game is over.

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Try to avoid saying anything to mislead them, and if they actually ask how they have done,

you could say that you have more candidates to see and can't really judge at the moment.

These days a company can lose credibility / integrity / face with just one careless and

derogatory comment on social media; and because of that you could lose customers. Make

sure you don't make an enemy out of your interviewees even if they are totally unsuitable, be

nice and stay calm and polite even if you think you’re wasting your time.

Best of luck.