Interviewing Skills

by Hindle, Tim

• ISBN13: 9780789424457
• ISBN10: 0789424452
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1999-04-26
• Publisher: DK Publishing, Inc.

Summary

A guide for any manager seeking to hire new talent, including tips on setting criteria, screening candidates, and conducting interviews. Learn all you need to know about interviewing for recruitment, from preparing suitable questions and structuring an interview to analyzing information and reaching a decision. Interviewing Skills shows how to choose a new person to fill a post or interview colleagues for a promotion, and it also provides practical techniques to use when interviewing. Power tips help you handle real-life situations and develop first-class interviewing skills that will dramatically improve results. The Essential Manager have sold more than 1.9 million copies worldwide! Experienced and novice managers alike can benefit from these compact guides that slip easily into a briefcase or a portfolio. The topics are relevant to every work environment, from large corporations to small businesses. Concise treatments of dozens of business techniques, skills, metho

Author Biography

Tim Hindle is founder of Working Words, a consulting firm specializing in business communications. As consultant and author, Tim Hindle has produced a number of titles including Pocket Manager, Pocket MBA, and Pocket Finance. He has been a contributor to The Economist since 1979 and was editor of EuroBusiness from 1994 to 1996.

Table of Contents

INTRODUCTION	4	(2)
PREPARING FOR AN INTERVIEW	6	(30)
IDENTIFYING OBJECTIVES	6	(4)
FINALIZING THE JOB REQUIREMENTS	10	(2)
DECIDING HOW TO RECRUIT	12	(4)
SETTING UP A PROCESSING SYSTEM	16	(2)
ASSESSING A RESUME	18	(2)
CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS	20	(2)
SELECTING INTERVIEWEES	22	(2)
ARRANGING INTERVIEWS	24	(2)
LOCATING INTERVIEWS	26	(2)
DECIDING ON STRATEGY	28	(2)
PREPARING QUESTIONS	30	(2)
HONING LISTENING SKILLS	32	(2)
PREPARING YOURSELF	34	(2)
CONDUCTING AN INTERVIEW	36	(18)
OPENING AN INTERVIEW	36	(2)
EVALUATING AN APPLICANT	38	(4)
CONTROLLING AN INTERVIEW	42	(2)
READING BODY LANGUAGE	44	(4)
USING TESTS	48	(4)
CLOSING AN INTERVIEW	52	(2)
ANALYZING AN INTERVIEW	54	(16)
RECORDING IMPRESSIONS	54	(2)
MAKING A SHORTLIST	56	(2)
CALLING SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS	58	(2)
MATCHING AN APPLICANT TO A JOB	60	(2)
MAKING A FINAL OFFER	62	(2)
DEALING WITH UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS	64	(2)
ASSESSING YOUR ABILITY	66	(4)
INDEX	70	(2)
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS	72