Interviewing & Screening

‘Questions are never indiscreet. Answers sometimes are'. Oscar Wilde

In a recent survey the five most popular interview questions asked were:

So why do you want to work there/here?

• What are your weaknesses?
• Why should they/we hire you?
• Why are you leaving/have you left your job?
• Where do you want to be in five years time?
  

Oh come on..... Is that really the best we can do? If they are the top five, then most candidates will get asked them, time after time. So these are the questions they are most polished at answering and we end up hearing what they want us to hear. The end result is we put forward/hire the most polished interviewee not the best person for the job. Go on, shake up your interview questions to find out the real person behind the answers.

This tip was provided by Warren Kemp, MD of leading recruitment training company Recruitment Matters International - follow Warren on Twitter http://twitter.com.WarrenBKemp . For more information, visit www.recruitmentmatters.com , email info@recruitmentmatters.com or call Ken on 0800 0749289 or, if you're overseas, 0044 1945 461561.