Exercise $2$: Interview Exercise

The hiring process is critical in human resources management. The purpose of this exercise is to

analyze and evaluate the effectiveness of the hiring process.

$1.$ Select a position in your company and provide the position title and job description. You must

include an actual job description in addition to your summary$/$outline of the position. Tease out

the key skills, characteristics, and abilities $($SCAs$)$ needed for this job based on the job

description.

$2.$ Based on the job description, create a series of interview questions that would best assess the

candidate.

Make it clear on the interviewer form what SCA each question is assessing $($can use headings$).$

In other words, if you identify communication as critical, clearly label which question assesses

communication and create a question to specifically assess a candidates communication.

$3.$ Develop a rubric for evaluating candidates $($i$.$e$.$ things you are looking for in responses and

qualities you are looking for in the candidates $($leadership$,$ skills, knowledge, abilities,

communication, ability to work on teams, etc.$))$

Make it clear on the form how interviewers are evaluating the candidate and what they are

looking for in effective vs$.$ ineffective responses. This can include numerical scoring, and also

word detail. For example, if you determine that leadership is a critical SCA for this position,

detail what you are looking for in the candidates response that demonstrates effective leadership

qualities versus an answer that would demonstrate low leadership potential.

Make sure to show strategic alignment between:

The key characteristics critical for this job$/$ job description

How you are assessing the key characteristics with specifically aligned interview questions

How you are evaluating candidate responses to each SCA with a strategically aligned rubric.

You will want to review the textbook, but also Hiring Videos on BBL$.$