It's too hard to find the best interview questions. Even though it's widely acknowledged that "hiring right" is the make-or-break duty of every growing business, finding the perfect interview question requires sifting through a compendium of books, blogs, and brains.
As a boss, what I want is a broad list of great interview questions, organized by the quality I wish to evaluate (e.g., "hard worker," "focused," "team player"). So that's what I've compiled, below.
Read more about the methodology at the bottom of this post, following the questions. tl; dr it involved selectively extracting from all the best books and blog posts I could find in a week of research.
Part one: the most sought-after traits in employees
The most sought-after traits have been broken into four tiers, based on the frequency with which they were mentioned in first-page search results. If you only have an hour for your interview, you probably don't want to go very in-depth on more than 3 different areas. A popular strategy at bigger companies is to share different areas of evaluation between the team. It helps to ensure that you won't miss a fatal weakness of the applicant.
If you are going to interview collaboratively, remember that some questions are duplicated between sections. Don't be that interviewer who repeats a question from the previous interviewer.
Tier One
There is one talent that almost every blog & book regards as critical. Apparently, businesses don't want to hire a candidate that causes drama and resists management?
- Team player. Are they friendly, agreeable and upbeat?
Tier Two
These qualities were cited by 75% of publications surveyed, which is to say they are important to virtually every company. "Honesty" is one of the hardest qualities to evaluate in an interview context, but I've found a handful of questions to penetrate the interview defenses.
- Adaptable. Are they flexible and eager to learn?
- Trustworthy. Shun the crooks.
- Culture fit. Does their personality match the company's values?
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