Promises You Make While Interviewing your New Employees

By Christina Suter on Feb 17, 2014 at 10:16 AM in Business Issues
Promises You Make While Interviewing your New Employees
Promises You Make While Interviewing your New Employees

As a business owner and entrepreneur, when you are ready to hire, your interview sets the tone and texture of how that employee will relate to your business during their employment. Your responsibility during the interview is to be mindful of what promises you make and the attitude you have during the interview. What you do and say sets up what the new employee will expect from the environment, from you, and from their job. Your objective and goal will be to set them, and ultimately yourself, up for success. It is crucial to establish clear communication from the beginning.

So, what exactly is the interview process for? Having reviewed the resume of the interviewee prior to meeting them, the interview is where you find out more about them. You requested them for an interview because you are excited about their potential, so use the interview to get a feel about the person using your instincts. Get a feeling for whether the candidate a good person, can they handle a problem, do they know who they are or are they lost kids, are they going to be consistent? More than having him or her rattle off or justify their skills, listen for more of who they are, what is their personality? Who is the person behind the skills?

I searched the internet for interview questions and compiled some standard questions and reasons you will want to ask them.

  1. “Tell me about yourself”- This is an open-ended thought, not a question. However, what you will learn from their response is whom they see themselves as; do they consider themselves to be responsible, creative, a good team member? You are looking for the right fit for the position so be mindful of their answers in comparison to what you need
  2. “Tell me about yourself”- This is an open-ended thought, not a question. However, what you will learn from their response is whom they see themselves as; do they consider themselves to be responsible, creative, a good team member? You are looking for the right fit for the position so be mindful of their answers in comparison to what you need.
  3. “Where do you want to be 5 yrs from now?” This will let you know if this job plays a part in their long-term plan or if they are just using what you’re offering as a bump in the road.
  4. “Tell me an example of a time you had a problem with a coworker or supervisor and how u handled it.” Find out whether they will tell you what the problem-solving process was
  5. Find out their salary requirements, why they’re leaving their current job, and what their answer is to why you should hire them. All of those will let you know if they’ve done their homework and whether they will badmouth their former employer.