Conducting a recruitment interview

How to structure an interview and ask effective questions to select the right candidates ?

The time available for a recruitment interview is often limited, yet the number of factors to be questioned and the stakes involved in the decision at the end of the interview are enormous. Structuring the interview to cover all the key questions in the time available, asking powerful questions to both save time and target relevant competencies, reaching a conclusion and alignment between stakeholders through decision support tools are all success factors that will be addressed during the training. Not forgetting that through such an interview, you are also playing with your employer brand.

Pedagogical method

• Presentation of concepts and tools

• Practical exercises

• Situational exercises

Pedagogical program

1. Prepare and structure an interview

• The elements available to prepare for an interview
• The relevant information on the CV to be explored
• Structuring the interview and prioritizing the questions
• The distribution of roles with the other participants
• Ethical principles regarding privacy and equal opportunity

2. Asking questions and assessing skills

• Distinction between knowledge, know-how and interpersonal skills
• The type of question to ask
• Metacommunication
• The STAR method for assessing competencies

3. Being objective and avoiding bias

• What cognitive biases interfere with recruitment interviews
• Knowing yourself and cleaning your “glasses
• The pitfalls to avoid
• The importance of feedback as one of the levers of the employer brand image
• Choosing the elements on which to give feedback
• Applying the DESC method
• Managing difficult situations

4. Giving feedback and concluding

• The importance of feedback as one of the levers of employer branding
• Choosing the elements on which to give feedback
• Applying the DESC method
• Managing difficult situations