Effective Interview Skills Workshop

Effective Interview Skills Workshop

Course Description

Hiring new staff is an expensive and resource-intensive exercise. So hiring the right employee that has the right attitude, skills and cultural fit is essential. During workshop in Effective Interview Skills, participants will develop better preparation techniques, learn interview strategies and develop better ways of selecting talent that will have longer tenure.

Actively seeking out qualified candidates is the best way to ensure that you find the talent you require. Effective recruitment is essential to improve the quality of the workforce and cut costs on frequent hires. Effective Interview Skills Workshop is a short and to-the-point course that teaches participants how to use the tools and techniques to recruit successfully every time.

Course Objectives

• Learn about current trends in recruitment and selection
• Gain some tips on sourcing great candidates
• Recognize pros and cons of different types of interviews
• Identify, categorize and plan the strategic use of different styles of questioning
• Learn some techniques to avoid bias
• Develop strategies for measuring effectiveness, results and continuous improvement

Course Modules

Lesson 1 – Getting Started

• Icebreaker
• Pre-Assignment Review
• Workshop Objectives

Lesson 2 – Introduction to Recruitment

• What is Recruitment?
• Challenges and Trends
• Sourcing Candidates Requirements
• Case Study

Lesson 3 – The Interview

• Phone Interviews
• Traditional Interviews
• Situational Interviews
• Stress Interviews
• Case Study

Lesson 4 – Types of Interview Questions

• Direct Questions
• Non-Direct Questions
• Hypothetical or Situational Questions
• Behavioral Descriptive Questions
• Case Study

Lesson 5 – Avoiding Bias in Your Selection

• Expectancy Effect
• Primacy Effect
• Obtaining Bias Information
• Stereotyping
• Case Study

Lesson 6 – Measuring the Results

• Cost Breakdown
• Employee Quality
• Recruiter Effectiveness
• Fine Tuning
• Case Study

Lesson 7 – Wrapping Up

• Words from the Wise
• Review of Parking Lot
• Lessons Learned
• Completion of Action Plans and Evaluations