[eBook Code] The Effective Hiring Manager (eBook Code, 1st)

Introduction xi

Section 1: Principles 1

1 The First Principle of Effective Hiring—Don’t Hire 3

2 The Second Principle of Effective Hiring—Set Your Bar High 9

3 The First Principle of Effective Interviewing—Say No 13

Section 2: Preparation 19

4 Behavioral Interviewing and Preparing Your Hiring Criteria 21

5 Creating Behavioral Interview Questions 31

6 Behavioral Interview Question Examples 39

Section 3: Screening 41

7 Screening Résumés 43

8 Screening Social Media 67

9 Conducting Phone Screens 73

10 Having Human Resources Conduct Phone Screens 81

Section 4: Conducting Interviews 85

11 Video and Telephone Interviews 87

12 Effective Final Interview Process 89

13 Physical Interview Setup 97

14 No Panel Interviews 101

15 How to Conduct Technical Interviews 109

16 Each Interviewer Uses the Same Set of Questions 111

17 The Basic Structure of Each Interview 117

18 How to Take Notes 133

19 How to Probe Behavioral Interview Answers 139

Section 5: Deciding and Offering 145

20 Interview Results Capture Meeting (IRCM) 147

21 How to Check References 155

22 How to Offer 165

23 How to Decline 173

24 How to Handle Two Viable Candidates 181

Section 6: Onboarding 187

25 Onboarding New Hires 189

Afterword 197

Acknowledgments 199

About the Author 201

Appendix 203

Index 217