Here are three principles that can help you hire the right person:
- Be creative. Every candidate will be prepared for commonplace interview questions. Find new ways to truly understand how a person thinks.
- Be challenging. Put the candidate in situations where they are more likely to show their true selves.
- Allow your employees to help. You are not the only person who is going to have to work with this candidate. There is likely already a team of employees you trust that will have to interact with him or her every day. Their opinion should matter.
As you’re sizing up job candidates, there are two key qualities to check for:
- Is the person genuinely interested in the work of the organization?
- Do they treat people as equals, regardless of their title?
If you take them out of the office or conference room to see how they interact with others, you’ll get a better sense of their personality.
Unique Interview Questions
WHAT IS YOUR NATURAL STRENGTH?
A person’s natural strength is not about their current title or what they studied in college. It is a particular skill or ability that, for them, comes as naturally as breathing but that others may find difficult. Other ways to ask this question: If everybody is in the top 5 percent of the world at some skill, what is yours? Or what is your ninja skill?
WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL WOULD YOU BE? AND WHY?
The answer can tell you a lot, particularly when candidates explain why they chose a certain animal. If you want to test it before you use it in a job interview, try it out at your next dinner party. Ask enough people this question, and you’re likely to hear some surprising answers, and gain valuable insights that will tell you whether they’re right for the job.
WHAT QUALITIES OF YOUR PARENTS DO YOU LIKE THE MOST?
We’re all influenced by our parents, often more than we’d like to admit. So it’s a good bet that the answers to this question will reveal a lot about the candidate.
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST MISCONCEPTION PEOPLE HAVE ABOUT YOU?
The answers to this question will reveal candidates’ level of self-awareness. Do they know how they come across to others, even in ways that may not be a true reflection of who they are? This can also be a bit of a trick question, too, because what really matters is how people perceive you – in a sense, there is no such thing as misconception; in this context, perception is reality.
WHAT IS THE THE LAST MOVIE OR TV SHOW YOUR SAW OR BOOK YOUR READ?
The answers to these questions will hugely reveal the candidates’ personality.
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