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Appendix
Five Rules to

Improve Your

Hiring Process

1. Assess the job before the interview. What is the role of the
job?
• Talk to the person leaving the job to find out what the job entails.
• Ask how the job could be done more efficiently—adding/deleting
tasks.
• Talk with customers (internal and external) and end users to as-
sess their needs.

2. Identify the job’s “key factors” for success.
• What knowledge-based experience is needed to do this job? (Ex-
ample, education)

• What transferable skills are necessary to succeed? (Example,
communication)
• What personality traits will be needed to do this job? (Example,
friendly)
3. Prepare questions to ask during the interview.
• Prepare questions based on identified “key factors.”

• Include questions that ask for examples of past behavior in previ-
ous jobs.
• Prepare a list of secondary questions to probe deeper.

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