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7/11/2017 |
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Experiential Interviews: 4 Steps To Help You Identify Superior Talent |
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Experiential Interviews: 4 Steps To Help You Identify Superior Talent by Scott Wintrip If you’re still using conventional interviews when hiring, I’ve got bad news — common interviewing methods set you and hiring managers up to pick the wrong people. Why? Because conventional interviews give only the smallest glimpse of the candidate — and an inaccurate one at that. During conventional interviews job candidates are always on their best behavior. They say what you want to hear and share only the best parts of their backgrounds. This is why the person interviewed isn’t always the same person who shows up for work. To combat the inaccuracy of conventional interviews, hiring managers, HR professionals, and talent acquisition staff across the globe are turning to experiential interviews — the kind where the candidate does real work to demonstrate his skills — to fill positions in their companies. Experiential interviews allow you to base you hiring choices on facts instead of guesses. During experiential interviews, you get to see candidates doing sample work rather than speaking conceptually about the job. What does this look like? Computer programmers can be given specs to write computer code, accounting candidates can analyze financials, and marketing staffers can design a promotional campaign. Regardless of industry, embracing experiential interviews can help you spot better talent faster. When you get to witness candidates doing the job firsthand, you can automatically assess their skills and instantly have a complete image of the person you’ve just met. This way, there are no surprises or disappointments. To incorporate experiential interviews into your hiring routine, follow this four-stage process (and be sure to share it with the hiring managers you work with too). Stage One: Compare the candidate’s written materials to your company’s hiring profile. Your hiring profile — the specific standards, skills, and qualifications you require job candidates to meet — gives you a point of reference when viewing each candidate’s qualifications. Compare all candidates to your hiring profile by viewing their résumés, job applications, plus, if needed, a few written questions. Any candidate who matches the most important skills, experience, and education level moves on to Stage Two. Read full article on ERE.
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