Interviewing Skills for Supervisors and Hiring Managers: Keys to Conducting Effective Candidate Interviews

Good interviewing skills go well beyond knowing which questions not to ask. This 60-minute interviewing skills webinar for supervisors and hiring managers focuses on what interviewers need to know to run revealing interviews.

The aim is to identify candidates who have the skills you need and who also fit your organization's staffing goals and the requirements of the role. You'll clarify your interviewing goals, prepare effectively, and choose questions and questioning techniques based on your goals and criteria.

The session also covers questioning approaches and bias errors to avoid, questions candidates are likely to ask, listening skills, interpreting answers, comparing applicants and setting decision-making and selection criteria.

• Clarify your interviewing goals and prepare effectively
• Choose questions and techniques that match your goals and criteria
• Avoid problem questioning approaches and interviewer bias errors
• Prepare for questions candidates are likely to ask
• Listen actively and interpret what candidates tell you
• Compare applicants and apply clear selection criteria

• Clarifying your interviewing goals
• Effective interview preparation
• Key interviewing skills
• Choosing questions and questioning techniques based on goals and criteria
• Questioning approaches to avoid
• Questions candidates are likely to ask
• Interviewer bias errors to avoid
• Key listening skills for interviewers
• Interpreting what candidates tell you
• Considerations when comparing applicants
• Additional tips for effective interviewing
• Decision-making and selection criteria

A poor interview can lead to a poor hire. Whether you are new to hiring or an experienced manager, recruiter or HR professional, this session offers practical tips and techniques that take you past the basics and help you choose people who are the best fit for the position.

It suits HR, recruiting, talent acquisition and staffing professionals, managers and supervisors who interview, business owners and executives.

• HR Professionals
• Recruiters
• Talent Acquisition Professionals
• Staffing Agency Professionals
• Managers
• Supervisors involved in interviewing
• Business Owners
• Executives

Mary Gormandy White is managing director of MTI Business Solutions, a leading Gulf Coast-based corporate training/talent development firm working with clients throughout the United States. She specializes in training and consulting services related to HR, management, leadership, communication, team building, Everything DiSC, Five Behaviors of a Cohesive Team, Six Sigma and more. Mary holds graduate and undergraduate degrees in Communication. Her certifications include Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR), SHRM Senior Certified Professional (SHRM-SCP) and Everything DiSC Certified Trainer/Accredited Workplace Facilitator. Mary’s professional background includes extensive experience in management, HR, instructional design and communication. She is a frequent keynote speaker at conferences and association meetings nationwide.