Effective recruitment interviews are crucial in selecting the right talent for your organisation. This course provides participants with the skills, techniques, and confidence to conduct structured and fair interviews that identify the best candidates. These skills are used for interviews with external candidates and internal promotions.
The overall aims of the course
This training is for hiring managers, HR professionals, and team leaders involved in recruitment who all need to be able to select the best talent for their organisation.
By the end of this course, participants will:
- Understand best practices in recruitment interviews.
- Learn how to structure and conduct effective interviews.
- Develop questioning techniques to assess candidates accurately.
- Recognise and mitigate unconscious biases.
- Improve decision-making based on evidence and job-related criteria.
Course content
- Planning and structuring recruitment interviews
- Creating competency-based questions.
- Behavioural and situational interviewing techniques.
- Effective recruitment interview techniques
- Active listening and body language.
- Asking open-ended and probing questions.
- Avoiding Common Pitfalls
- Bias awareness and structured evaluation methods.
- Assessing cultural fit vs. job fit.
- Post-Interview Decision-Making
- Comparing candidates objectively.
- Making informed hiring recommendations.
Course format – what’s going to happen
This recruitment interview training includes a trainer led briefing and discussion in plenary of the principles and practices of giving feedback. Participants will practise planning and giving feedback in small groups and practice constructive conversations. The trainer will take notes on the small group work and provide advice and recommendations.
Format – In-person and online
In-person: We bring people together in groups at your office or training centre in line with social distancing rules.
Webinars and online coaching: We run webinars for groups and online follow up coaching for individuals.
Online learning: We provide learners with online reading materials, tasks and cheat sheets.
Follow up training
We can tailor a programme to include Presentation Skills or Managing People.
For more details and a quote please contact us
Tel: +32 (0)473 39 18 90 or at info@formativecoms.com