INTERVIEW TRAINING FOR MANAGERS: How To Hire The Best People

'This is an excellent course for anyone looking to improve their approach to interviewing in a structured way. My hiring experience so far has been somewhat hit and miss with a probable over-reliance on gut feel and an overbearing sense of urgency in needing to hire, even if not the perfect hire for the role. I feel the course content, in particular the STAR technique and ideas around probing inadequate responses will make my hiring more effective in the future. Thank you!' ~ Paul M

Improve Hiring Results with Effective Interviewer Training

Are you struggling to hire the right candidates? Our eLearning course, INTERVIEWER TRAINING FOR MANAGERS: How to Hire the Best People is designed to help you improve hiring results by mastering structured interviews. This course focuses on training interviewers to avoid common pitfalls and make informed hiring decisions.

Why Structured Interviews Work

Traditional interviews often rely on gut feelings, but this can lead to poor hiring decisions. Training interviewers to use structured, behavioral interview techniques helps eliminate biases and improve accuracy. This course offers training for interviewers on how to predict future job performance based on candidates’ past behaviors. Research by Huffcutt and Arthur (1994) and Schmidt and Hunter (1998) shows that structured interviews are significantly more reliable than unstructured ones, yet many companies still rely on instinct.

Identifying Core Competencies

Effective interviewer training involves learning how to identify the core competencies required for the job. Before you begin interviewing, it’s essential to pinpoint the key skills and experiences needed for success in the role. Our course teaches training interviewers to identify three to five core competencies and craft interview training questions that align with these requirements, ensuring consistency and fairness across all candidates.

Mastering the STAR Interview Technique

A central part of training interviewers is mastering the STAR (Situation, Task, Action, Result) interview technique. This method enables you to ask candidates for detailed stories that demonstrate their competencies. Our course provides comprehensive interviewer training on how to effectively use the STAR method, making it harder for candidates to embellish their responses.

Crafting Effective Interview Training Questions

Learn to design opening and probing interview training questions that encourage candidates to provide detailed and honest answers. By focusing on training interviewers to ask the right questions, you’ll gain deeper insights into candidates' abilities and behaviors, allowing you to make better hiring decisions.

Handling Inadequate Responses

Part of training interviewers involves learning strategies to handle incomplete or vague answers. We’ll show you how to guide candidates toward providing more useful information and how to ask follow-up interview training questions when needed.

Avoiding Ineffective Questions

In this course, we also cover common pitfalls to avoid, such as asking hypothetical or irrelevant questions. Proper training for interviewers helps ensure you ask the right questions that lead to valuable insights.

Conducting and Scoring Interviews

Our interviewer training also covers how to run interviews smoothly, from start to finish. You’ll learn how to use structured interview guides and scorecards to evaluate candidates consistently and fairly. The course emphasizes training interviewers to document responses and score candidates based on their demonstrated competencies.

Reference Checks and AI Assistance

We’ll teach you how to conduct thorough reference checks and utilize AI tools to generate competencies from job descriptions. This adds an extra layer of preparation to your training for interviewers and makes the hiring process more efficient.

Mock Interview Demonstration

See structured interviews in action with a mock interview demonstration. This part of the course reinforces interviewer training techniques and shows how to minimize unconscious bias during the process. Afterward, we’ll critique the interview to help you improve your skills further.

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If you're ready to improve your hiring process and ensure that your interviewers are equipped with the best skills, sign up for our interviewer training course today. Learn how to craft effective interview training questions and make better hiring decisions.