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take an objective approach in your decision making rather than a personal
or subjective approach.
If several people are going to interview the same candidate, it is im-
portant that the form be consistent for all interviewers so that when you
get together to compare, you are all reading from the same page.

Preparing the Questions

If you prepare a list of questions you want to ask each candidate, you
will find the interview to be less stressful for you and more conversa-
tional with better results. Preselecting questions for the interview and
preparing a list of key questions will provide you with a guide to follow
as you conduct the interview.
Each interview will be different, depending on the circumstances and
personality of the candidate and will require some flexibility on your
part as the interviewer. If you prepare before the interview, you can stay
consistent with your questions even though the interview and circum-
stances may vary.

Organizing Your Interview
Questions

While there are some key factors that are broad enough to be a require-
ment in every job, there are also be factors that are be relevent only to
specific positions. When organizing your questions, you should start
with general questions and then move into more specific areas.

General Questions—All Industries
The most used general questions are
• Tell me about yourself.
• What are your strengths?

• What are your weaknesses?
• Give me a good reason that we should hire you?
• What makes you think that you want to work here?

• What are your goals?