Need Help Coming Up with Interview Questions

[angrybroadhead]

What safety harness offers the best protection and utility for the money?

Do you have an open guest policy at your ranch?

[kfd82]

Is the job in Comal County? If so, forget the interviews and hire me!

[TheGeneral]

May not apply to your particular position but, a question that has haunted me in an interview that I had, that I was completely blind-sided by, and I couldn't find an answer on the spot was "What is one question that you think I should have asked you, but didn't?"

May sound dumb, but I couldn't think of anything!!! I should have said to answer the question; You should have asked me, "when can you start?"

[geauxgruene]

Great stuff, guys. I appreciate your help.

Matt

[Sasquatch Ag 95]

Just stare at them and let them do all the talking! lol

[bwssr]

What is OSHA?

[grassmaster]

I tend to interview people and ask certain questions that technically should not be asked so I'm probably a bad resource. All experience questions I ask are based on the applicants resume and I expand from there into questions feeling out how adaptable they are to new situations. I try to spend most of my time asking questions feeling out their personality. If a person is a good person who will work hard and has good work ethic, the rest will fall into place on its own

[MooseontheLoose]

Make sure most of the questions you ask are job specific/related. If they are having you write these for legal reasons make sure there are no bogus interview questions (ex. If you were a dog what kind would you be?) those kinds of questions could get you into big trouble. I would also avoid questions asking opinions of the best of something...too opinionated and no real way to score the questions fairly. Ask them about real world experiences and have them provide examples. (Tell me about a time when you had to take a leadership role in a group to solve a problem). Also, make sure you use a structured interview format and ask the same questions of each applicant. These types of interviews hold up much better in court.

You will be able to get a feel for the individual based on the resume and interview process, but for legal reasons make sure all interviews are conducted the same way and scored/rated fairly. That way if there is a problem you can go back and prove that everything was done fairly and everyone had the same opportunities to answer the same questions.