Conducting An Interview by Brett Trucksess

I chose to focus on how to successfully conduct an interview as a potential employer. After reviewing a website I found at http://managementhelp.org/evaluatn/intrview.htm, I was interested to find that when conducting an interview, one should focus on using some or all of the six categories of questions. These six categories include, behavioral, opinion, feeling, knowledge, sensory, or background questions. Behavioral questions usually seek to find information about what the person has done or continues to do in their daily lives like hobbies or great experiences. Opinion questions are asked in order to find what the job candidate thinks about a particular topic that has at least two possible alternatives. Feeling questions look to find out about a persons emotions, what they value, and how conscious they are of their feelings in and out of the work place. Knowledge questions in an interview are used to find out simply if that person has the intelligence to maintain the position. Sensory questions ask the interviewee to respond using examples of how they saw, heard, felt, smelled, or tasted something. Finally, the last type of question that could be asked during an interview is a background question. Background questions usually are basic questions like age, race, hometown, nation of origin, etc. By using these six different types of questions, an interviewer has the opportunity to gain the information they need to make a hiring decision.