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Conducting effective interviews
Identifying the right candidates for the job
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Examples of Unusual Questions For Interviews
- What is Your Natural Strength? This takes a broader look at the candidate’s abilities.
- What Kind Of Animal Would You Be? And Why? This may be a fun question but the ‘why’ part provides the interviewer with new insights about the candidate.
- What Is The Biggest Misperception People Have About You? This question reveals how self-aware the candidate is, and how honest he can be.
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The Interview Meal
Sharing a meal provides the recruiter with a big opportunity to observe the candidate, like how they make eye contact, how polite they are, or the way they ask questions.
One can see what frustrates or flusters them and if they are patient or agitated. The whole personalit...
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Interview, Unplugged
One has to check if the candidate is genuinely interested in the job or is just checking all boxes of dressing right and talking right to land up with an offer letter.
How they treat and interact with others (like the guy handing them the coffee) also helps gauge their personality. One ca...
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The Art Of Hiring
Hiring, according to top corporate leaders, should not just be the standard job interview, which has become predictable and routine, but something creative and challenging.
One has to find new ways to find out how a person thinks, taking them out of their ‘seat of comfort’. Allowing candid...
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Unusual Questions In Interviews
Skills, which can be taught, are not as important nowadays as the candidate’s self-awareness and mental agility where he/she is prepared for out-of-the-box questions and surprises.
Asking unusual questions that illuminate the creative side of the candidate while providing valuabl...
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