Five best practices for recruiters to prepare candidates for job interviews and deliver a great experience. For more on this: http://blog.belong.co/how-to-prepare-your-candidates-for-job-interviews

1. HOW TO PREPARE
YOUR
CANDIDATES FOR
JOB INTERVIEWS

2. We interview hundreds of amazing and talented
people every month.
But some interviews haven’t worked as well, purely
because:
The candidates weren’t comfortable enough.
Or they did not have sufficient knowledge to prepare for our
process.

3. While it’s easy to believe that the
burden of preparing for an interview
rests with the candidate, we have
seen that helping them is a win for all.

4. Here's why:
Not every candidate is a born performer in job
interviews.
Proactively helping your candidates sends a terrific
message about you as an employer.
Engaged candidates are less likely to drop off.

5. "Over the last two months, with this
process, our customer success
team's drop-off rates have been less
than 2%"

6. Here's how you do this:
Tell them (almost) everything there is to know
Outline the parameters on which you are evaluating
them
Answer the ‘Why’
Encourage them to come with questions
And, keep it simple

7. Tell them (almost) everything
there is to know
Explain your recruiting process
clearly.
Talk about your organization’s culture and what they
should expect when they come over.
Link to helpful resources.

8. Outline the parameters on which
you are evaluating them
Let your candidates know exactly what you are looking
for in their answers.
And what parameters they will be evaluated on.

9. Answer the ‘Why’
For candidates to participate in the best way they can,
it’s important to know the why’s behind your process
For example, why have I been assigned a particular
task? Or, why am I being evaluated in this way?

10. Encourage them to come with questions
Encourage your candidates to make a list of things
that matter to them about their future workplace.
Let them to ask your team about how well you do
research on each of them.

11. Keep it simple
Make sure to avoid any internal jargon.
Give the final version a thorough proofing -- after all,
it’s your brand on the line!

12. "As Maya Angelou once said, people
may forget what you said or did, but
they will never forget how you made
them feel!"

13. Are you doing anything different
to help prepare your
candidates? How is it working?