96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire

Every harried interviewer knows the result of throwing out vague questions to potential employees: vague answers and potentially disastrous hiring decisions. Presented in a handy question-and-answer format, 96 Great Interview Questions to Ask Before You Hire provides readers with the tools they need to elicit honest and complete information from job candidates, plus helpful hints on interpreting the responses. The book teaches interviewers how to: identify high-performance job candidates; probe beyond superficial answers; spot red flags that indicate evasions or untruths; get references to provide real information; negotiate job offers to attract winners; and much more. With more than 100,000 copies of the first edition sold, the revised and updated edition of this go-to resource is packed with new material on background checks, specific challenges posed by the millennial generation, and ideas for reinventing the employment application to gather more in-depth information than ever before. Through ample tools, tips, and questions to choose from, managers and human resources professionals will be equipped to select winning candidates from among any pool of interviewees.…