Supervisory Development Program

Interviewing and Selecting Employees

Course Description

Through discussion, individual work, and group interaction, participants will learn the basics for developing strategies to hire the best possible candidate for a position.

Objectives

After receiving this training, the participants will be able to:

• Understand why it is important to have a plan when hiring.
• Identify the pre-work that sets the stage for a successful job-related interview and candidate selection.
• Develop interview questions that will reveal success patterns in the candidate’s background and the ability to perform the essential functions of the position.
• Formulate expectations based on the job description and derive interview questions from these expectations.
• Identify relationship between job expectations and performance evaluation.
• Understand how to assess technical skills and performance skills.

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