{"id":396,"date":"2006-10-26T13:38:18","date_gmt":"2006-10-26T18:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=396"},"modified":"2006-10-26T13:38:42","modified_gmt":"2006-10-26T18:38:42","slug":"the-working-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/the-working-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"The Working Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this article in Monster&#8217;s resource for candidates &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/interview.monster.com\/articles\/working-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\">Work the Working Interview<\/a>. The article has three main points:  How the working interview helps employers evaluate you, Show your stuff and Ace the working interview. Basically, the article provides tips for candidates on how to perform well in a working interview.<\/p>\n<p>Stephen Morel, President &#038; CEO of Pro Staff, is quoted:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It helps employers evaluate <a href=\"http:\/\/content.monstertrak.monster.com\/resources\/archive\/jobhunt\/softskills\/\" target=\"_blank\">soft skills<\/a>, like commitment, loyalty and work ethic, plus it shows attitude and abilities in real time,&#8221; he explains. Employers can also evaluate whether a candidate&#8217;s personality will be a good fit with the staff.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Monster provides a link for candidates to evaluate their soft skills and then gives them resources to improve those skills. I hope that employers put as much into the interview process as candidates do.<\/p>\n<p>It is important to understand what is required of the job and develop interview questions that will provide a picture of the candidate in terms of these requirements. It is just as important to understand what factors are extremely difficult to determine through questioning. For instance, a candidate&#8217;s commitment, loyalty or work ethic are difficult to ascertain using just a working interview. However, candidates can be <a href=\"http:\/\/www.selectmetrix.com\/Assessing_Main.html\" target=\"_blank\">objectively measured through our assessments<\/a>.  May I be so bold as to suggest measuring these specific, job-related skills first and <em>then<\/em> observing the candidates in a working interview format?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I came across this article in Monster&#8217;s resource for candidates &#8211; Work the Working Interview. The article has three main points: How the working interview helps employers evaluate you, Show your stuff and Ace the working interview. Basically, the article provides tips for candidates on how to perform well in a working interview. Stephen Morel, President &#038; CEO of Pro Staff, is quoted: It helps employers evaluate soft skills, like commitment, loyalty and work ethic, plus it shows attitude and abilities in real time,&#8221; he explains. Employers can also evaluate whether a candidate&#8217;s personality will be a good fit with the staff. Monster provides a link for candidates to evaluate&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/10\/the-working-interview\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"bgseo_title":"","bgseo_description":"","bgseo_robots_index":"","bgseo_robots_follow":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[2,16,10,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-hiring-salespeople","category-interview","category-sales"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-6o","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":16,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/beating-the-phone-screen\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":0},"title":"Beating the Phone Screen","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"May 9, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"This Career Center article provides candidates with insightful tips in how to do well on a phone interview (an important step in our process). This in itself, isn't terrible but shows why employers need to be prepared for coached candidates. Before completing any phone interviews, interviewers need to have a\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1418,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2008\/02\/paid-interviews\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":1},"title":"Paid Interviews?","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"February 12, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Lee sent this short article to me - Paying Recruits to Interview?\u00a0 I'm woefully out of touch on this one: Notching Interviews: Why would corporate recruiters pay candidates to interview for jobs? To Los Gatos Hills, California-based Notchup.com, the answer is simple: Companies ideally will find top candidates, so the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":796,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/04\/interview-tips\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":2},"title":"Interview Tips","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"April 3, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"We attempt to keep track of the interview tips that are offered all over the web to candidates to assist them in their job search.\u00a0 Some tips seem clever, others seem robotic.\u00a0 This StarTribune.com article - Ten Things Not To Do In An Interview - provides a general, helpful list\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring Salespeople&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring Salespeople","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/hiring-salespeople\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":199,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/cyber-sleuthing-candidates\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":3},"title":"Cyber Sleuthing Candidates","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 31, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Here is a good tip from Tory Johnson via the abcnews.com website. Is MySpace a Professional Liability? provides insight into her technique for researching a candidate. It is surprising how many employers do not take a minimal amount of time to search the web for a candidate's information. I must\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Hiring&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Hiring","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":950,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/05\/looking-for-clues-when-you-should-assess\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":4},"title":"&quot;Looking For Clues&quot; When You Should Assess","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"May 24, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"Some of these articles get frustrating in that many of these errors can be avoided with a proper hiring process.\u00a0 From Inc.com's Employers Often Misread Job Applicants: Similarly, out of 400 human resource managers polled, 59 percent said they have misjudged an applicant as being a good fit for the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Assessing&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Assessing","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/category\/hiring\/assessing\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":769,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2007\/03\/reference-checks\/","url_meta":{"origin":396,"position":5},"title":"Reference Checks","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"March 21, 2007","format":false,"excerpt":"I came across an article on Monster this morning that identifies fives mistakes you want to avoid for reference checks. 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