Create a Job Interview Using Interview Generator

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Index

Subject SlideGeneral Overview 3 – 4

Getting Started 5 – 6

Using the Interview Generator System 7 – 8

Competencies 9 – 11

Target Behaviours/Questions 12 – 16

Building Interview Guide 17 – 21

Saving your I.G. 22

Building a new I.G. 23

How to create an interview report 24 – 25

Helpful Resources Contact Information

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Interview Guides: General Use

Step 1: Build the Interview Guide

Step 2: Use the Interview Guide to ask questions, probe and stay on track

Step 3: Record Candidates Responses, Rate the Interview, and Compare Candidates for the Position

Interview Generator

• Access the online interview-building system, Interview Generator by obtaining log in and password from info@buildaninterview.com

• Interview Guides are highly confidential and must be kept in a safe and secure place.

What do I need before I start?

• Current job posting

• Update, if necessary– Consider current

changes to the job, such as technological advances

• Make sure you are familiar with the job before starting

Competency Dictionary – A helpful tool

• Lists the 60 non-technical competencies in the Interview Generator system

• Provides the definition of targeted behaviors

• Download it from Resources, Interviewer at the top of the page

Using the Interview Generator System

Home page of Interview Generator

(www.BuildAnInterview.com)

Navigating in Interview Generator

Easy-to-use toolbar is on the left side of every page in the site.

Competencies

• 60 generic competencies• Opportunity to add

custom competencies• Same as Interview

Worksheet• Review Competencies

before starting to build an interview guide.

Competency Definitions

Click on a specific competency to bring up

its unique definition which always includes a key question to further

describe that competency’s meaning

Adding New Competencies

• New competencies will be visible and accessible to anyone using your account in Interview Generator

• Generally not intended for technical competencies

Target Behaviors/Questions

Search by:

• Competency• Level

Levels within Interview Generator

• “Levels” within Interview Generator may not correspond to job levels you are familiar with at your company

• Interview Generator question levels refer 1) non-exempt 2) exempt non-manager 3) supervisor / manager of people 4) senior manager or executive

Target Behaviors are Key

• Target behaviors represent the “look for” behaviors associated with successful job performance

• Target behaviors should approximate what is expected once on the job

Interview Questions• Interview questions are paired with target behaviors• As an interviewer, when you ask a behavioral interview

question you should evaluate the quality of the candidate’s response based on the target behavior for that question (close, or way off?)

Adding new behaviors and questions

• Click on “Add Another Target Behavior/Question”• Enter new information• Hit “Update”

Building an Interview Guide

Your choices are:

• Create Your Own Interview

• Modify or download a Library Interview

• I’m not sure• Go to my “in progress”

interviews• Go to my “completed

interviews”

Browse Existing Interviews

• Select the correct Job Family

• Review the jobs listed• Job title, description

and date created are shown

• Choices are:– Print (download)– Edit– Delete

Edit an Interview

You must edit the:– Job Position /

Interview NameYou can edit the:– Job Description– Job Family

You cannot edit the:– Job level

Editing Competencies

• Add competencies to your interview guide• Remove unwanted pre-selected competencies• Save your new list of 3-10 competencies

Selecting the right interview questions

• Select 2-4 Target Behavior/Interview Question pairs per competency, and be sure to hit UPDATE at the bottom

• The list will re-sort with your selected pairs at the top• Check the list again and if you are happy with it, go back to

Competencies and repeat this process for each competency until you have selected all of your questions

Save Your Interview Guides

• Save your work by clicking Save my in progress work for more editing later, OR

• Complete this Interview, which will take you directly to the report generator to print or save the guide

• You must take one of these actions or your work will be lost

Building a New Interview Guide

Follows the same process as “editing” but you must fill in

all descriptive information and select your own

competencies and target behaviors / questions yourself.

Report Generator

Long and Short Report Versions• Short – Just the basics: description, space for technical questions

and notes, competency-based questions + space for your notes, rating scales / chart, summary comments

• Long – same as above + helpful process steps, probing / follow-up questions, background questions/notes, candidate questions, closing notes, Candidate Comparison Chart

Helpful Resources

Your Narrator: Anne Sandberg, Interview Generator Author and COO of WCOD

Tollfree (866) 404-5044info@buildaninterview.com