High-Impact Interview Questions: 701 Behavior-Based Questions to Find the Right Person for Every Job, Second Edition

  • 3h 3m
  • Victoria A. Hoevemeyer
  • AMACOM
  • 2018

Ask the right questions. Hire the best people.

Most prospective hires come well prepared. So how do you get past the polished exteriors and rehearsed replies to discover what applicants are actually like?

High-Impact Interview Questions shows you how to dig deeper using competency-based behavioral interviewing methods to uncover truly relevant and useful information. By having candidates describe specific, job-related situations (rather than relying on traditional questions), you’ll gain a clearer picture of past behaviors — and more accurately predict future performance.

Packed with hundreds of questions matched to in-demand skills, this user-friendly guide simplifies the process of selecting the right person for each position. Offering advice on evaluating answers and assessing cultural fit, the second edition of High-Impact Interview Questions features dozens of all-new questions designed to gauge accountability, assertiveness, attention to detail, judgment, follow-through, risk-taking, social media usage, and more.

Hiring a dream employee takes more than a hunch. This book helps you ask the tough but necessary questions that reveal the real person behind the resume.

About the Author

Vicki Hoevemeyer has extensive organizational development and management/leadership development experience, having worked as both an internal and external consultant. She has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from Western Michigan University, and a Master's degree in Organizational Behavior and Development from Eastern Michigan University.

In this Book

  • Interviewing: The Way it is (Warts and All)
  • Competency-Based Behavioral Interviewing (CBBI): The What, When, and Why
  • Interviewing Considerations
  • Hundreds of Interview Questions You Can Use
  • Follow-Up Questions
  • Guidelines for Initial Telephone Screening Interviews
  • Creating an Interview Guide
  • Smart Ways to Assemble the Data from Multiple Interviewers
  • Use the Competencies in Your Other Programs and Processes
  • CBBI Advice for Job Seekers