Hire the Best: Behavioral Event Interviewing for Leaders: 4 Hours, 10-24 students
Purpose:
This course helps hiring managers to make the best hire by gaining real insight into a candidate. Learners spot the ways in which candidates embellish their past and see past first impressions to determine fit, specific experience, and typical behavior. This method has been proven to lead to higher performing, more valuable hires. Also, interviewers are taught how to avoid legal risks in interview questions and selection practices.
Course Objectives:
Demonstrate the use of the STAR method in interviewing
Determine if candidates have the skills and characteristics to succeed in the role
Identify and avoid legally risky interview questions, selection tactics, and tests, and choose legal and effective questions
Document objective evaluations
Course Outline
STAR Method basics: Asking Behavioral Questions
Recognizing “False STARS”
Staying out of Legal Trouble- Avoiding discrimination in interviews. Learners will spot possibly problematic questions and convert them to reduce legal risk.
Brainstorming in groups to develop behavioral questions for upcoming interviews that fit your organization's needs
Practice conducting interviews, including welcome, background, probing behavioral questions, and recognition of incomplete answers.