Find Better Candidates with Behavioral Interviewing

When you hire someone, isn't it better to hire the right person for the position from the start? But how do you know if they're the best fit? And as you do know, a poor hire costs your organization in time, resources, productivity - and potential lawsuits!

Behavioral interviewing techniques help you to better uncover a candidate's past performance, after all, future behavior is best predicted by past behavior! You'll better determine if the candidate has demonstrated the skills needed to succeed in the role you're hiring for. Join us to learn:

• Probing questions that get more details from candidates
• Open-ended questions that show a candidate's past performance
• Interview techniques that ensure you find the best fit
• Core competencies to identify the key job requirements
• Interview prep tips to help you be more clear and confident in the process!

Program Highlights

In this course you will:

• Practice using probing questions that encourage the candidate to provide more detail about a particular situation they are describing, and their specific role regarding key events.
• Learn how probing questions can provide important information on:
  • Thesituationortaskfacing the candidate
  • Theactionsthe candidate took
  • Theresultsor changes caused by these actions

• Utilize interview preparation techniques that help you to be clear, effective and confident during the interviewing process.
• Learn how to use KSA's (knowledge, skills and abilities) and core competencies to identify job requirements.
• Develop interviewing questions that solicit valuable information from candidates and help you determine abilities based on past performance.
• Practice using an effective behavioral interviewing process.
• Interpret and evaluate responses to determine if candidates are a good fit.
• Understand legal interviewing techniques - do's and don'ts.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Tara Powers

Tara Powers is an award-winning leadership expert, sought after national speaker, experienced talent development consultant, and crusader against boring, ineffective employee engagement initiatives. Her success in working with hundreds of companies and thousands of leaders has taught her how to achieve the results company executives want and still make sure the attendees are having fun in the process. Tara is a 20-year talent development expert with a M.S. in Organizational Leadership, a coaching certificate from ATD and a Certified Training Manager. She's a Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team Authorized Facilitator and Everything DISC Solutions Tara's commitment to her clients is to deliver innovative, fully customizable solutions that actually work - and create real change for you and your teams.