Quick! Interview Q's

[indieanna86]

Hi all, I'll be interviewig people throughout today for a small office assistant job. Originally it was going to be my boss interviewing and me just assisting, but my boss decided he wasn't int he mood and now I'm on my own.

I have absolutely no idea what to ask them, anyone got any good general questions?

[antiguru]

Golden rules: ask open questions and let the candidate do 70% of the talking. Open questions are ones where the answer is not just yes or no. So rather than saying �can you type?� say �what experience do you have of typing?�.

You might think about things like:

What experience do you have of working in a small office environment?
What make you think you�d like to work here?
Tell me about your experience of working with Word/Excel/Powerpoint etc. What are you most proud of being able to create in these packages?
Tell me about a time when you�ve dealt with a difficult caller?
Give me an example of how you�ve worked with members of a team to achieve something that looked impossible.

And remember to ask if they have questions!

The usual format I would use is:

Welcome
Say a bit about the company, what the job is and give a brief overview (no more than 5 mins)
Ask candidate questions as above (20-30 mins)
Ask candidate if they have questions
Close giving clear indication of what happens next, timescales etc

Hope this helps

[indieanna86]

antiguru you are a life saver! Can't thank you enough, its silly as I've had enough interviews myself to last a lifetime but my mind went blank when the role switched!

Thanks again x