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Tailor Job Interview Questions
To Identify Competent People

The Human Resource Manager together with other senior executives may conduct the interviews.

The higher in the hierarchy the vacant job is, the more senior is the line manager chosen as an interview panel member.

The CEO and a director may sit as panel members in interviews to fill vacant managerial and senior executive positions. The HR Director sits as the third panel member, if your organization has appointed one. Otherwise, if you as the Human Resource Manager, you may have to assume the role as chairperson.

It is always good to have a third person as a panel member. This is to prevent any biased approach or decision.

This reduces the possibility of any charges of discrimination based on the job interview questions asked.

Alternatively, your organization may have engaged a recruitment company to find the competent people that you need.

Competency in Conducting Interviews
Develop an in-house team of interviewers.

This is to ensure that your organization will have the capability to conduct effective job interviews. This is not something that you can leave to chance.

Send or provide those identified with effective interviewing skills.

The training must incorporate the necessary skills needed to prepare effective job interview questions. Role plays must form part of this training.

Availability of internal expertise is crucial if your organization is to reap the benefits of good interview techniques that lead to selection of the right candidate for the right job.

As an alternative method, you can outsource the recruitment function. Many organizations are doing this to reduce costs.

However, if you do this, it may interfere with the effectiveness of your human resource management plan. Plan properly if this is your choice.

Job interview questions preparation is an essential part of strategic recruitment which is turn is part and parcel of strategic human resources management.

Ensure that you do this well each time before you conduct a job interview. Acquire the necessary skills and ensure every interviewer knows what he or she is doing.

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