How to interview top people to hire can be very challenging. You have to deal with people who have met with success. You have to deal with professionals who know their jobs inside out. You have to deal with people who can think out of their hats. However good they may be, as an interviewer, you need to ensure that they fit into your company's scheme of things. As you will be hiring people who will determine the future course of your company, an error of judgment may cost your company dearly. Just as hiring the wrong candidate can have an adverse impact on your company's prospects missing out on a promising candidate may prove equally costly.
Interviewing people for top positions requires a great deal of preparation. To start with, you need to go through the candidates profile thoroughly. The profile will help you prepare the right set of questions. While preparing questions take the needs and problems of your company into account. Prepare questions based on the challenges faced by your company in the past and the future. Seeking solutions from the candidate can be a good way to learn about his capabilities.
Likewise try to find more about the candidate's people managing skills. Questions related to labor discontent and ways of handling below par performers can help you know more about these skills. Try to understand the applicant's personality style, values, and motivations. All these can have dramatic impacts on the way he would run your company. .
It takes a lot to hire the right candidate for a top position. As an interviewer you need to be on your guard.
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