Interviewing Best Practices
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Interviewing Best Practices
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What you'll learn
How to create a clear profile with skills and performance expectations required to fill their opening with the best possible.
Learn how to be an effective and consistent partner with your recruitment team.
How to build an interview team by selecting and preparing the right individuals; then, determine which competencies should be assessed by who.
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There are 4 modules in this course
This course is for talent acquisition professionals who want to streamline and improve their interviewing process.
The process of interviewing and hiring has been around for eons. However, as the profession of recruiting has adapted to changes in the economy and technology, so has the interviewing process. Recruiters and hiring managers must be prepared to implement well thought out strategies to assess top talent in our industries. This course focuses on arguably the most subjective of these steps —conducting the screening of candidates—and the most important assessment technique: the interview. It is difficult to make judgments about people in years, let alone days; and yet this is what the hiring process requires. To be successful in this course, you should have a background in talent acquisition. By the end of this course, you will be able to compare the strengths and weaknesses of the traditional, situational, case, behavioral-based, and performance-based interview formats. You will have a keen understanding of the recruitment process including the players involved, and tips on developing interview questions and leveraging resources. You’ll also learn how to prepare an interview team and develop an outline of interview questions to evaluate specific candidate competencies, and much more!
Today’s hiring teams must implement well thought out strategies to find and attract the talent needed to make the organization successful. This course focuses on arguably the most subjective of these steps - conducting the screening of candidates - and the most important assessment technique: the interview.
What's included
4 videos2 readings1 assignment
4 videos•Total 11 minutes
- Welcome to Interviewing Best Practices •1 minute
- Hiring Process and the Traditional Interview•2 minutes
- Defining the Recruitment Process and Key Players•2 minutes
- Types of Interviews•5 minutes
2 readings•Total 20 minutes
- Introduction to AIRS Training•10 minutes
- Course Overview•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Hiring Responsibilities•10 minutes
In order to be an effective partner with your recruitment team, consistency is key. This section will look at best practices and tools to add to your checklist of things to do when working with your recruiter or human resources business partner.
What's included
3 videos1 reading1 assignment
3 videos•Total 9 minutes
- Working with the Recruiter•1 minute
- Preparing Interview Teams•5 minutes
- ACTS – Decision Making Model•3 minutes
1 reading•Total 10 minutes
- Building the Candidate Profile•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- A Successful Interviewing Process•10 minutes
In order to successfully conduct interviews, it's imperative to prepare. In this module, you'll find tips for reviewing resumes, critical interviewing skills, and a list of questions to ask and avoid.
What's included
4 videos3 readings1 assignment
4 videos•Total 8 minutes
- Making Hiring Decisions: Reviewing Resumes•1 minute
- Bias and Poor Hiring Decisions•4 minutes
- Critical Interviewing Skills •1 minute
- Questions•2 minutes
3 readings•Total 30 minutes
- Reflection: Improve Your Hiring Decisions•10 minutes
- Additional Tips for the Interviewing Process•10 minutes
- What Questions to Ask and What to Avoid•10 minutes
1 assignment•Total 15 minutes
- Conducting successful interviews•15 minutes
When the interviews are finished, the power will shift to the candidate who receives the offer. In order to avoid a declined offer, it is imperative to maintain a positive experience for every candidate. Let's look at the post interview phase and its many opportunities to impress the candidate.
What's included
4 videos1 assignment1 peer review
4 videos•Total 7 minutes
- Post Interview Tips•2 minutes
- Making an Offer•2 minutes
- Onboarding and Follow-up •2 minutes
- Summary•1 minute
1 assignment•Total 10 minutes
- Interviewing Best Practices•10 minutes
1 peer review•Total 60 minutes
- Types of Interviews•60 minutes
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SO much helpful informations. Thamks to the minds behind this
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It was very informative. I truly enjoyed the course.
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