Holding Professional Job Interviews

Professional recruiting

• The beginning of diagnostics: Creating of a requirement profile.
• Which selection tools are suitable for the hiring process?
• When do telephone interviews make sense and how do I conduct them?

Preparation of the interview

• What are the key accomplishments and required skills for the job?
• Who does what? Important roles and skills before and during the interview.
• How to sell the company?

Successful questioning techniques

• Develop targeted questions based on requirement criteria.
• Use question techniques effectively.
• The skill to ask and listen, and how this improves the interview.

"Leading" the interview through structure and clarity

• Phases and course of the interview.
• Developing and using an interview guide.
• Conducting the interview and guiding the candidate and other participants.

How do I come to a decision?

• Importance of assessment errors and how to improve "objectiveness".
• Assessment sheets and systematic candidate comparison.
• Moderation of the decision-making in tandem interviews.

Further methods to be integrated in an interview

• Use scenarios of role playing, case studies and presentations.