Have you decided to shift towards structured interview questions? Good call. Structured interviews are twice as effective as unstructured interviews. Granted, they can take more time to prepare for. But if you get it right once, you can boost your chances of making the right hire for every future position.
To craft structured interview questions, you design a set of questions that are connected to the job-related traits you’re looking for. Then, you ask all your candidates the same questions in the same order and rate their answers using a standardized scoring system.
Structured interview questions are job-related. They’re friendlier to equal opportunity since all candidates face the same questions in the same order. Structured interviews allow for greater objectivity. They work well in team hiring environments and group interviews where individual biases are less likely to interfere. They also make it simpler to provide interview feedback to candidates you’re keeping in your talent pool.