Experiential interviewing is a first basic step to better recruiting. As a next step, SHI Group has developed how to do focused interviewing.
When we talk about focused recruiting, we mean how we approach and take on the recruiting task. Here I talk about how.
We have one recruiter that handles all contacts with any one candidate. The recruiter knows it is his or her job to know the candidates well enough to finally recommend or not recommend to hire. In the main interview, the recruiter is chasing candidate stories on their experience right to the ground level and then getting the why to go on top of the how.
How To Do Focused Interviewing – Let Us Explain
SHI Group does this for each thing the candidate says. If you ask us what 10 questions we will ask, we do not know. We only know we will chase everything to the bottom to find real and verifiable data. We use our curiosity to get deeper and deeper. The deepest questions are by far the most important. So we say “how did you do it?” “Tell me more” “Who worked with you on it?” “How long did it take?” “What was your key contribution?” “How did you learn this?” “Who else was involved?” We ask anything to expand on or have the person round what they are saying to get the full and complete picture. We also ask anything in our heart. The SHI Group China recruiter might start with, “Why did you get involved in this field?” and then chase every aspect of their answer to learn more. We also check some boxes that the customer specifically wants along the way.
We work exhaustively to start every chain and chase every chain of experience to the complete bottom.
This takes focus and a lot of emotional and relational energy. If you cannot enjoy learning about and searching for the genius of each candidate, then do not try focused interviewing. Only your curiosity, and might I say love, will draw out the candidate to be real and say all that is in their heart. Then, we and you will know them as well as an interview can know them.
An interview cannot know all, but it is best used to its optimum purpose like in our focused interviewing. There must be other ways, but this way we assure you has great strength.
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