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The success of the interview process will depend upon your skill in obtaining complete responses, interpreting what has been said, and clearly reporting findings. You are encouraged to review this guide prior to each interview; it can help ensure a sound interview process and provide fair treatment to all those interviewed. As an interviewer, your evaluation will depend largely on what the candidate is willing to tell you. A well-planned, well-organized interview should help you create an environment for open communication. You will be better able to disseminate work-related information and upgrade the quality and quantity of information you will obtain from the candidate. The whole process is influenced by the interviewers mental outlook, intuition, biases, and ideas of what a good candidate should be like. Gut reactions are neither valid nor supportable indicators for making selection decisions. Therefore, do not let preconceived notions of what a good candidate should be like interfere with your ability to gain and give information. Interviewing Techniques Remember that the primary goals of the interview are to obtain quality information about the candidate, and to provide the candidate with information about the position. Provide an atmosphere that will encourage the candidate to speak freely about his or her job experience, interests and future plans. Review this guide prior to the interview to refine your interviewing skills, and remind yourself of the following important points: Initial Contact. When you arrange an interview time with the candidate, be sure to tell him or her how long it will likely take. The Interview. When properly conducted, the interview can be an effective vehicle to evaluate the candidates understanding of the elements of the job, motivation to complete training, interpersonal skills, and clarity of speech. The candidate should be provided a copy of the position description prior to the interview, and allowed sufficient time to review it. Note taking. Advise the candidate at the outset of the interview that you will be taking notes. Avoid taking lengthy notes during the interview, since the candidate might think you are not listening and may stop talking. The candidate may also become suspicious of what you are writing and become evasive. However, it is important to document the interview thoroughly (the information may be required to provide a basis for the non-selection), so you may want to complete your notes after the candidate has left. Standard questions. Questions should be designed to solicit information to assist you in evaluating the candidate. All questions must be job related (See Part II). If a checklist questionnaire is used, you should not simply run down the list of suggested questions, but use them as starting points for additional questions, depending on the candidates responses. Inform all candidates about the impact of any special job requirements such as travel, mobility, training or shift work that may have an impact on their lives and families. However, some questions are inappropriate to ask anyone, such as personal questions about family, marriage, religion, politics, or his or her personal life. This is an invasion of privacy and unnecessary to the job interview. Notes on appearance or other non-job related criteria are also inappropriate. Begin slowly, by asking for opinions and feelings about various topics. Encourage candidates to talk freely and volunteer any information they feel is important. Dont rush; a hurried interview only shuts off communication. Listen attentively. This helps encourage the candidate to talk. Dont listen without really hearing, no matter how many interviews you have been through. As one of the candidates first impressions of National Guard full-time management, you may be the lasting impression as well. Dont do all the talking. Certainly you want to impart information about the job, but you dont need to tell the candidate all of your views, opinions and experiences. You need to gather facts and information about the candidate as well as to tell him or her about the job. Dont anticipate or interrupt. Beware of breaking off a candidates remarks or filling in the ends of his or her sentences. You may get the wrong idea of what the candidate really meant to say. Practice some patience! Consider how you are asking questions. Use open-ended and appraisal type questions; avoid closed-end questions. These will result in short answers and burden you with the task of constantly asking questions while the candidate does little or no talking. Dont be antagonistic. An interview should not be an inquisition or cross-examination. Questions should be direct and straightforward; if your technique is abrupt or challenging, the candidate will withdraw and become defensive. Be considerate of the candidate as a human being. Remember that you are playing a role in the candidates life, which may very well affect him or her for many years to come. Closing the interview. The final step in the interview process is the closing. You should summarize the interview with the candidate and supply any missing information. It is very important that the candidate understands what kind of job he or she is being considered for, and what kind of environment he or she may be working in. Give the candidates a final opportunity to ask questions at this time. You should close the interview by ranking the candidate, giving the candidate your office address and phone number, summarizing what will happen next, and giving an appropriate time frame in which a decision will be made. (To ease the candidates anxiety of waiting for a decision, make sure they know that they will be notified of selection or non-selection by HRO - but not in an hour or two after the interview! Estimate processing time, remembering the channels through which the selection package must be processed.) Part II - The Selection Interview: Upon receipt of the Referral and Selection Certificate, the nominating official will interview the candidates prior to making a selection. The interview should be developed and conducted using the following principles and techniques: Step 1: The nominating official and HRO Staffing Specialist should review the job analysis development process to familiarize the nominating official with the methods used to evaluate the candidates on the various Knowledge, Skills and Abilities (KSAs). Step 2: A prior set of interview questions should be developed for the KSAs being assessed in the interviews. These are the same as the Placement Factors on the job announcement. Dont just wing it or make it up as you go along. Step 3: You may use an interview worksheet similar to the one provided with this guide. This may be used to evaluate each candidate on the basis of KSAs, and to document reasons that a candidate was not interviewed (declined an interview, unable to contact, etc.). Step 4: The selection interview should be considered in combination with other evaluation methods to identify the candidate best qualified based on all the evaluation criteria. Job Interview Dos and Donts DO phrase your questions in a positive, declarative manner. DO use open-ended questions. DO ask follow up questions based on what the interviewee has said. DO begin with easy-to-answer questions and move toward the more difficult or sensitive questions. DO give a reason for asking particularly difficult questions. DONT ask a series of routine, unimaginative questions for which the sharp applicant has already prepared answers. DONT ask leading questions that suggest the proper answer. DONT ask questions or make comments that reveal your own attitudes or feelings. DONT ask personal questions having to do with family, marriage, religion, politics, or personal life. DONT ask questions the candidate has already answered on the job application. DONT ask questions that can be answered simply with Yes or No. INTERVIEW RATING FORM - KEEP FOR YOUR RECORDS Name of candidate Phone Numbers Home: _______________ Business: ____________________ Other (cell, pager, etc.): ___________________________Candidates address Date and location of interview Position Title and Grade Restriction on availability (date, etc.)  INTERVIEW AND EVALUATION Instructions: For each of the KSAs listed below, the interviewer must mark the candidate Above average, Average, or Below Average. Comments, either positive or negative, should be entered after each KSA.KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________ KSA: Above Average Comments _______________________________________________________________ Average _______________________________________________________________ Below Average _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________________Summary of Evaluation: ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________________________Other: Interview scheduled for _______________________. Candidate failed to keep appointment; did not reschedule. Describe attempts to contact: _________________________________________________________________________ Candidate withdrew from consideration. 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