Organizer: Go Skills and TJ Walker.
About the Course
- Estimated study time: 2h
- Total video time: 41m
- You can retake the test as many times as you would like and the highest score will appear on your Certificate of Achievement.
- Total number of questions: 10 Passing score: 80%
- Certificate of Completion
- Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Conducting effective interviews during the hiring process will allow you to clearly compare candidates, avoid hiring mistakes, and create a better introduction to your business for potential employees.
Through this series of interactive, bite-sized lessons, you’ll develop the essential skills to conduct interviews with confidence every single time.
In this course, you’ll learn:
- Create clear, specific goals prior to each interview.
- Greet your candidates while creating a comfortable atmosphere.
- Identify the most important questions to ask. (Plus, which ones to avoid!)
- Find the best cultural fit for your team.
- Keep the interview timely and focused.
- Seamlessly conduct an interview online.
- And much more!
This comprehensive course is designed to help you prepare for an effective interview process that leads you to the best person for the job, whether you’re meeting online or in person.
Begin our How to Conduct a Job Interview course and boost your leadership skills today!
Syllabus
How to Conduct a Job Interview
10 lessons
1 Preparing for an Interview
Interviews are more efficient when you have key goals and distinguishing factors in mind for your candidates.
2 How to Begin an Interview
The first few minutes of an interview can help determine its success – start it off right.
3 Keep Interviews Timely and Focused
Interviews provide you with the best chance to record instant observations but ensure the meeting doesn’t last longer than expected.
4 Prepare Your Top 5 Questions
Use this strategy to make your interview process more efficient, and to maintain fairness within your hiring process.
5 Finding Team Players and Cultural Fits
Identify people who will work well with you and help evolve your company, not people who simply match a specific type.
6 Avoid Asking These Questions
Keep the focus on your questions on the applicant’s experience and fit for the job, and avoid anything personal or inappropriate.
7 Improve Interview Skills with Video Rehearsals
Use this process to improve your interview approach, presence, and confidence.
8 Use Colleague Feedback to Refine Your Approach
Share your video rehearsal to get helpful advice from coworkers regarding questions and your overall interview approach.
9 Conducting Online Interviews
Online interviews require specific kinds of preparation, but can easily be addressed in advance.
10 Conclusion
Recapping the main goals of this course to help you improve your interview skills.
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How to Conduct a Job Interview
Preparing for an Interview- 1
- If a candidate provides a resume and cover letter:
Your answer: Spend five minutes reviewing both so you can think of questions to ask in the interview - What should be your goal when conducting a job interview?
Your answer: All of the above - When it comes to selecting the best candidate, don’t leave it up to a “gut feeling.” You should have something in mind that would distinguish candidates from each other, such as a key skill or knowledge that would be of great value to you and your team.
Your answer: True
How to Begin an Interview- 2
- How should you greet a job candidate when they enter your office for an interview?
Your answer: Engage in some small talk to put them at ease and make them feel welcome - You should treat a job candidate at an interview as you would a respected client or customer: welcome them and thank them for being there.
Your answer: True - If you review a job candidate’s resume and spot something you really like, why should you bring it up at the beginning of your interview?
Your answer: All of the above
Keep Interviews Timely and Focused- 3
- What is the best way to remember important points about each candidate you meet?
Your answer: Use a piece of paper to take notes during the interview - During an interview, you determine a job candidate is promising and you want to continue your conversation with them. However, you told them this would be a 30-minute interview and you’re approaching the end of your allotted time. You should:
Your answer: Ask the candidate if you can arrange a follow-up talk, then let them go - When considering candidates for the same job, you can meet with one candidate for 10 minutes and another one for 2 hours – it’s up to you. No one will be able to question the fairness of the hiring process as long as you believe you’ve been fair.
Your answer: False
Prepare Your Top 5 Questions- 4
- What kinds of questions work best when meeting a job candidate for the first time?
Your answer: Open-ended questions, so the candidate can do most of the talking - Which question is bound to give you the best information about a job candidate (that you can’t already learn from their resume or cover letter)?
Your answer: “Can you tell me about a past accomplishment you are most proud of?” - If you have about 5 questions that you ask every candidate, it can help you determine who is the best fit, but also shows fairness because there will be consistency in your hiring and interview process.
Your answer: True
Finding Team Players and Cultural Fits- 5
- Finding a “cultural fit” for your team means you want to find candidates who:
Your answer: Share the same general work ethic and “common sense” values - If you’re looking to hire someone who will act as an internal representative between various internal groups in your organization, you want to identify candidates who say they value:
Your answer: Collaboration and communication - When considering candidates for a specific logistics job – which has fixed work hours every day and starts early in the morning – you probably want to avoid candidates who value flexible schedules where they can work any hours they want.
Your answer: True
Avoid Asking These Questions- 6
- Asking about a candidate’s romantic interests is a bad idea unless you already know their sexual orientation, in which case it’s acceptable to ask whatever you like.
Your answer: False - Which question should you avoid asking during a job interview?
Your answer: All of the above - Asking inappropriate questions gives a job candidate reason to doubt your true intentions, and may also be grounds for legal action, depending on the language or content of those questions.
Your answer: True
Improve Interview Skills with Video Rehearsals- 7
- How many times should you repeat the process of rehearsing on video and critiquing yourself?
Your answer: As many times as it takes to feel comfortable - When evaluating yourself from a video rehearsal, you should make note of any:
Your answer: Both Strengths and Weaknesses - If you’ve recorded yourself and thought about 5 different ways to improve, you should try to fix all of those issues in the next rehearsal. Working on everything at once provides a quicker way to get to where you want to go.
Your answer: False
Use Colleague Feedback to Refine Your Approach- 8
- If you share the video of your interview rehearsal with your boss, they could potentially provide:
Your answer: All of the above - What is an advantage of sharing a video rehearsal of your job interview approach with a colleague?
Your answer: They may be able to warn you against potentially troublesome questions you planned on asking - While recording interview rehearsals can help you improve your interview approach, recording the actual interview with candidates may make applicants nervous and negatively affect your conversation with them.
Your answer: True
Conducting Online Interviews- 9
- If you want to eliminate distractions at home while you are conducting an interview:
Your answer: All of the above - When is the best time to install updates for Zoom, or whatever app you plan on using for your next video interview?
Your answer: An hour or more before the interview - If you’re using a different video app for the first time for an interview, you can assume it will work the same as Zoom (or any other program with video chat features).
Your answer: False
Conclusion- 10
- When you conduct a job interview with a candidate, you are serving as a representative of your company, so you want to make a good impression. Improving your interview skills will help you achieve this.
Your answer: True - Being asked to conduct interviews can feel like a burden at times, but it’s also an honor – because you’ve been given the responsibility to help grow your company.
Your answer: True - If you only try ONE of the tips shared in this course, TJ hopes it will be:
Your answer: Recording yourself and critiquing your interview approach
Your highest test score
You can retake the test as many times as you would like and the highest score will appear on your Certificate of Achievement.
Total number of questions: 10 Passing score: 80%
- Which question should you avoid asking during a job interview?
Your answer: All of the above - How many times should you repeat the process of rehearsing on video and critiquing yourself?
Your answer: As many times as it takes to feel comfortable - How should you greet a job candidate when they enter your office for an interview?
Your answer: Engage in some small talk to put them at ease and make them feel welcome - If you only try ONE of the tips shared in this course, TJ hopes it will be:
Your answer: Recording yourself and critiquing your interview approach - What is the best way to remember important points about each candidate you meet?
your answer: Use a piece of paper to take notes during the interview - If you share the video of your interview rehearsal with your boss, they could potentially provide:
Your answer: All of the above - If you want to eliminate distractions at home while you are conducting an interview:
Your answer: All of the above - What should be your goal when conducting a job interview?
Your answer: All of the above - When considering candidates for a specific logistics job – which has fixed work hours every day and starts early in the morning – you probably want to avoid candidates who value flexible schedules where they can work any hours they want.
Your answer: True - If you have about 5 questions that you ask every candidate, it can help you determine who is the best fit, but also shows fairness because there will be consistency in your hiring and interview process.
Your answer: True
