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Selection Interview

Guides

What it it?

The Structured Interview Guide is a customised pre-employment assessment tool that enables employers to identify superior job candidates.  It is founded on behavior-based interviewing techniques; it focuses the discussion on critical competencies and provides questions and behavioral benchmarks for assessing candidates.  Key features include:

  1. Focus on Competencies—key competencies that make your organization successful are addressed in the interview.
  2. Behaviorally-Based—the focus is on behaviors exhibited in past situations, so as to predict future behaviors in similar situations.
  3. Structured—Candidates are asked the same questions, assuring consistency, fairness and comparability for all. 

Benefits

  • Much greater accuracy in identifying the best candidates for your jobs.  Research has shown that structured interviews are among the most valid selection procedures.
  • Much easier for Hiring Managers to screen candidates because the process steps, interview questions, and behavioral targets are all in a “cookbook.”
  • Reduces the risk and legal exposure of inappropriate interviewer conduct or unfair interviewing practices.
  • Improves image with job applicants because of job focus and relevance of the interview.
  • Increases productivity and profitability through the process of identifying and hiring higher-quality talent.

What are its Components?

AAI’s Structured Interview Guides walk the interviewer through the Competency-Based interview process and typically consists of:

  1. Targeted Competency Model—organizations choose which competency model to start with.  AAI consultants will work with any organization to review and identify the optimal competency model for their needs.
  2. Focused Interview Questions—identifying the precise questions from AAI’s behaviorally-based question database that fit with all relevant competencies.
  3. Rating Forms—that facilitate the consistent recording of behaviors, rating of candidates and consolidation of independent ratings.  AAI will assure that organizations have the best format for their needs.
  4. Manager’s Guidebook—hiring managers are presented a comprehensive hiring guidebook which provides background and walks the hiring manager through the process of what to say and what to do.
  5. Interview Training—the organization may elect to have an AAI consultant conduct an on-site half-day or full-day Structured Interview Guides workshop.