Category: Job Interview

Hiring managers use interview to select the best candidates. It is a formal process of exchanging information between the hiring manager and the job applicant. It is a crucial step. It connects the buyer and seller together for a common purpose. But before the meeting, the hiring manager must make sure that the purpose of the meeting has been finalized. If not, it will be a total waste of time.

Recruiting of a new employee to join an organization is one of the most crucial responsibilities of a manager. It is crucial because the manager’s reputation is at stake.

For hiring managers, this face to face meeting is not the time to evaluate the job applicant. It is the time for you to represent your business, and to explain to the candidate what your organization is all about. Do not mislead the candidate. The candidate will find it out later. Then, you will have missed the right opportunity to hire the right candidate. Be honest.

So, why the interview?

The purpose of the interview is to collect more relevant and valuable information that the candidate has not given to the hiring manager. To identify the best candidate for the job. The candidate with the right Knowledge, skills, abilities, and other attributes to get the job done. As I mentioned above, it is also the time for you to market the organization to the candidate. It gives the candidate room to ask critical questions about the company, its products or services, and its people. More importantly, it is a great time for the job applicant to assess the organization to determine whether or not is the right fit.

If done right, it is a rewarding process!

One of the reasons for conducting a job interview is to find and hire the right person for a position. First, the interviewers want to know the answers to these three critical questions.

Are you the right person for the job?

Before your potential employer offers you a job or a position, the interviewer or the hiring manager wants to know if you are the right person for the job. In order words, do you have what it takes to get the job done? Do you have what it takes to be part of this company, this group, or this team? Do you have the right qualifications- knowledge, skills, and others?

Are you ready to do the job?

Just because you meet the requirements to get the job done doesn’t mean you are ready for the job. The interviewers want to make sure that they are hiring the right person who is ready to do the job for which the candidate is hired to do. This is a motivation question. The interviewers want to know: 1) Do you have the motivation to do the job? 2) Is this the job you really want to do? 3) Are you enthusiastic about the job? And, 4) Do you have the right attitude?

What is your level of fitness?

When they talk about fitness, they are not talking about getting in shape, or going for a walk. They are talking about cultural fitness, organizational fitness, person-environment fitness. The interviewer wants to know if you can join their team. If it is the right culture for you, congratulations!