{"id":59,"date":"2006-05-30T05:55:22","date_gmt":"2006-05-30T10:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/?p=59"},"modified":"2006-05-30T05:55:22","modified_gmt":"2006-05-30T10:55:22","slug":"finally-some-interviewer-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/finally-some-interviewer-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Finally Some Interviewer Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are back after a scorcher of a Memorial Day weekend here in Minnesota (record highs this past weekend).  Instead of overheating as I read more candidate interview preparation articles, CareerBuilder.com finally chimes in with some tips for the <em>interviewer<\/em> with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.careerbuilder.com\/jobposter\/smallbiz\/articles.aspx?articleID=HT-Interview-No-Nos&#038;siteid=JP_Mail_NL_A&#038;sc_extcmp=JP_Mail_NL_NoNos&#038;cbRecursionCnt=1&#038;cbsid=141a3cc7a15c4a21a4f038804dea888b-201969958-RU-1\" target=\"_blank\">Top 10 Interview No No&#8217;s<\/a>.  We do enjoy top 10 lists here at the Hire Sense!  Good fundamental advice in this column that are always a good refresher.  (You cannot ask about race, age, religion, etc.).<\/p>\n<p>Point #3 cannot be stressed enough:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>3. Avoid Closed Ended Questions<\/strong> &#8211; The first type of question to avoid is one that can be answered by a &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221;. Even if you think &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221; is your desired response, rework the question to allow for a more thorough response. Unexpected, beneficial information is often revealed when your questions allow the interviewee to elaborate with his\/her response.<br \/>\n   &#8211; EXAMPLE &#8211; Poor: Do you have experience in customer service?<br \/>\n   &#8211; EXAMPLE &#8211; Good: Tell me about your customer service experience?<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes\/no questions lead to dead ends and you have to work hard at formulating your next question without getting a detailed answer on your previous question.  All &#8211; ALL &#8211; of our interview questions are structured in an open-ended structure.  We do not use yes\/no questions in phone screens or face-to-face interviews.<\/p>\n<p>As an aside &#8211; this advice is also crucial to salespeople who are qualifying prospects.  You should not hear yes\/no questions coming out of your salespeople&#8217;s mouths in front of a prospect.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are back after a scorcher of a Memorial Day weekend here in Minnesota (record highs this past weekend). Instead of overheating as I read more candidate interview preparation articles, CareerBuilder.com finally chimes in with some tips for the interviewer with Top 10 Interview No No&#8217;s. We do enjoy top 10 lists here at the Hire Sense! Good fundamental advice in this column that are always a good refresher. (You cannot ask about race, age, religion, etc.). Point #3 cannot be stressed enough: 3. Avoid Closed Ended Questions &#8211; The first type of question to avoid is one that can be answered by a &#8220;yes&#8221; or &#8220;no&#8221;. Even if you&hellip; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/05\/finally-some-interviewer-tips\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"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_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_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":[2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiring","category-interview"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5Oho-X","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":252,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/08\/finally-some-interviewer-tips-part-deux\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":0},"title":"Finally Some Interviewer Tips &#8211; Part Deux","author":"Lee Fratzke","date":"August 23, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"A few months back we posted on an article from CareerBuilder.com titled Top 10 Interview No No's. One of the top 10 \"no-no's\" is a topic that we discuss with our clients regularly. It is: 2. 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Maybe the person was \"roped into being there,\" says Meehl. \"Maybe they just don't know what to do.\"\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":185,"url":"http:\/\/selectmetrix.com\/blogs\/2006\/07\/questions-for-the-interviewer\/","url_meta":{"origin":59,"position":4},"title":"Questions for the Interviewer","author":"Derrick Moe","date":"July 24, 2006","format":false,"excerpt":"Tory Johnson from abcnews.com has a helpful article titled Turn the Tables in a Job Interview. 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