Interview Questions? How to really get to know your candidate

What are the right questions to ask during an in-person interview, in order to get true insight into the candidates professional experiences, successes, failures, motivations, inspirations and personality? The in-person interview should be a time where the hiring manger and team can spend quality time getting a sense of the candidates professional experiences and personality to see if their background will be a good fit for the role in question and if they will be a culture fit for the organization and department. So how is it done? ‘Behavioral based’ interview questions are one of the more recommended ways to gain ‘real’ insights into what the candidate has done, how they have reacted in certain situations in the past and how they will react in the future, etc. However, I feel that most candidates can generally pull out one decent experience to share, so what I recommend is using is an interview format that is part ‘behavioral based and part life story’. This will allow the candidates to really get comfortable talking about past experiences and will allow them share several examples or scenarios related to the question on hand. I like to divide up the interview in three key parts: Getting to know the candidate The ‘Heart of the interview’ Why us? Why you? Treasure Search Partners “3 Part guide” on how to interview your candidate.   1) Getting to know the candidate. Current role overview/ what motivates them/ what are they passionate about / what are they personal goals they want to accomplish in their current role. What led you in to the career / positions you...