Structured interview guides that are customized to the unique demands of the job, based on core competencies, contain behavioral interview questions and target behaviors as well as rating criteria and scales and detailed instructions helps them stay focused and on-target. These guides provide preparation tips, rapport-building and opening questions, how to probe and follow-up, background and general questions, and behavioral questions and target behaviors in the core competencies you identify. 

Send us your formal job description and we can build a custom interview guide for your business!  Our guides are effective for most postions.  If you'd like, contact us at info@readytomanage.com with your job description in advance of making your purchase with questions, or a review of the job description.   

Customized job interview guides are available for 200+ different jobs across industry and are designed to provide the interviewer with an easy-to-use format that is job-specific, professional, legally defensible and content valid.

Each interview guide was carefully constructed to focus on the specific core competencies critical for success in the position.  Each interview guide contains a complete interview package for a given job, including:

1. Job data – record specific information about the job interview;
2. Job description – brief overview of the role which roughly corresponds to the O*net, which is the primary source for the occupational information in the U.S. and much of the Western world;
3. Preparation-- instructions about what to do before the interview;
4. Opening – includes rapport-building questions and opening questions and comments;
5. Probing and follow-up questions – instructions on how to do this well;
6. Candidate background – seven key questions to ask every candidate;
7. Technical skills and knowledge – education and experience requirements that support success on the specific job;
8. Competencies – 5-10 core competencies (from our library of 60) with 2-4 target behaviors (interview “answers” or “look for” behaviors) and paired behavioral interview questions per competency. 
9. Closing – three key questions and contact information-gathering;
10. Candidate assessment – grid with rating scale and process for evaluating all skills and competencies (can be weighted) and an overall rating;
11. Overall comments – record strengths, concerns and conclusion;
12. Candidate Comparison Chart – used to compare all candidates for a job opening to establish a ranked hierarchy of interview performance.

Interview guides were constructed using the online Interview Generator system (www.BuildAnInterview.com) which is a flexible, comprehensive database that users access to construct, edit and download job interviews for any job. Subscriptions to Interview Generator are available. You can learn more about Interview Generator at www.buildaninterview.com.

Interview guides are used by those who conduct job interviews, typically hiring managers, recruiters and human resources staff, regardless of prior experience conducting selection interviews. Interview guides standardize the employment process to ensure a high-quality experience for both candidates and the interviewer and protects the organization from charges of unfair hiring practices since each interview guide focuses on job-relevant criteria.

We're so certain you'll love these interview guides, we'd like you to try one for Free.  Click on the interview guide below for Administrative Assistant, and try it out for Free.  

            Interview Guide for Administrative Assistant

You may also be interested in reviewing the 60 Competencies used in our Interview Guides, powered by the Interview Generator System.  Click on the link below to download a copy of the 60 Competencies used by the Interview Generator System.

            Interview Generator - Competencies and Definitions

 If you do not see an Interview Guide for the position you want, let us know by sending us an email and we will construct it and add to our growing library: info@buildaninterview.com