Ever struggle with recruiting new people for your team? Learn how you can develop your company's interviewing process

1. Bridge Insights
Interviewing

2. Interviewing 101

3. Purpose of Interviewing
To build the best and most high-
performing team that can help in
achieving the company’s goals.

4. Overview of Interviewing
1) Methods of Interviewing
2) Best Practices for Interviewing

5. Methods for Interviewing

6. Methods of Interviewing
1) Face-to-face or One-on-one’s
2) Panel Interviews
3) Assessment Interviews

7. Methods of Interviewing
Face-to-Face

8. Methods of Interviewing
Advantages
1) Immediate access to more
information about the applicant
2) Start building a relationship with the
applicant
Face-to-Face

9. Methods of Interviewing
Disadvantages
1) Prone to biases because of 1
interviewer
Face-to-Face

10. Methods of Interviewing
Panel Interviews

11. Methods of Interviewing
Advantages
1) Removes biases from face-to-face
interviews.
2) Provides the applicant multiple
perspectives on the job offer.
Panel Interviews

12. Methods of Interviewing
Disadvantages
1) Interviewers compete to ask
applicant questions
2) Interviewers can have different
understandings about the job
description
Panel Interviews

13. Methods of Interviewing
Assessment Interviews

14. Methods of Interviewing
Advantages
1) You can determine a wide range of
specific skills.
2) More applicants can be interviewed
all at once.
Assessment Interviews

15. Methods of Interviewing
Assessment Interviews
Disadvantages
1) Requires more time from the
interviewer
2) Also requires more people from HR or
other teams to effectively administer.

16. Methods of Interviewing
Remember that technology can help
you with the interviewing process:
1) Online Interviews (i.e. Skype, Facetime)
2) Phone Interviews
3) Digital Forms
Tools for Interviewing

17. Best Practices for
Interviewing

18. Best Practices for Interviewing
1) Preparing for the Interview
2) Verbal and Non-Verbal Cues
3) Next steps after the Interview

19. Best Practices
1) Prepare the questions you will ask the
applicant.
● Know what questions you need to ask
● Should be relevant to the job description
● Have questions that can predict future
behavior
Ex.
How were you able to solve a particularly difficult
problem?
Preparing for the interview

20. Best Practices
2) For Panel Interviews, make sure that:
● All panelists have read the resume of the
applicant
● There is 1 lead panelist who facilitate the
interview
● All panelists are using the same scoring
method for each applicant
Preparing for the interview

21. Best Practices
Remember to always keep a standard
level when interviewing any applicant:
Example:
Always have questions that can measure their
skills in Time-management or adaptability.
Preparing for the interview

22. Best Practices
Verbal Cues:
● Observe and listen to what the candidate is
saying
● If they start to ramble or digress from the
question, put them back on track
● Pay attention to what words they use
○ Ex. “I did” vs. “We did”
Verbal & Non-Verbal Cues

23. Best Practices
Non-Verbal Cues:
● Common Non-Verbal Cues:
○ Posture, Eye-contact, Hand Gestures
● Other Non-Verbal Cues:
○ Grooming, Attire, Promptness in Time
Verbal & Non-Verbal Cues

24. Best Practices
1) Commit to when you’ll be able to give
an answer to the applicant, whether
it’s a rejection
● Give a timeframe (1 day/week/month)
● Say how you’ll contact them (phone,
email, etc.)
Next steps after the interview

25. Best Practices
2) Deliberating the Interview
● Speak with all parties involved to come
to a decision (Hiring manager, HR, etc.)
● Have a Results Capture Meeting
(from Manager’s Tool)
Next steps after the interview

26. Best Practices
Always remember:
Your people are your greatest asset as a company;
if you’re hiring just to fill in the seats, then you
compromise the quality of talent you keep
Next steps after the Interview

27. SOURCES
● http://www.monster.com/career-
advice/article/nonverbal-communications-interview
● https://www.coburgbanks.co.uk/blog/assessing-
applicants/6-different-types-of-interview/
● http://www.yourerc.com/blog/post/5-popular-
methods-for-interviewing-candidates.aspx

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