As a manager, hiring is not hard, but hiring right people is one of the hardest components in management. Interview plays a major factor on getting great people on-board. BNET has a feature section called Now Hiring: Brilliant People with a quick how-to, some example questions that you must ask, and ten mistakes interview make during job interviews. The article about ten mistakes is extremely important to avoid during the interview:
- You Talk Too Much
- You Gossip or Swap War Stories
- You’re Afraid to Ask Tough Questions
- You Fall Prey to the Halo Effect (or the Horns Effect)
- You Ask Leading Questions
- You Invade Their Privacy
- You Stress the Candidate Out
- You Cut It Short
- You Gravitate Toward the Center
- You Rate Candidates Against Each Other
Now Hiring: Brilliant People – [BNET via TechRepublic]
