INTERVIEW QUESTIONS-SUPERVISOR

Individual assignment; will take a variable amount of time depending on the depth of your research, analysis and writing skills. 20 pts.

In Unit 6, students generally identified effective filters for an employee applicant, and made a case for the effectiveness of their identified filters. Interviews figured prominently as a typical hiring filter.

In Unit 9, we turn attention to the interview process and further refine our ability to write interview questions so we can "hire better bosses".

Students will try to filter applicants for desirable or undesirable characteristics you previously identified.

Preparation:

Review your post of "Good" and "Bad" Supervisor characteristics from a previous assignment, pick two characteristics--one good, one bad which you will focus on in an applicant interview.

Choose characteristics relevant to a high level management position; may not choose things like "comes to work on time" or other simplistic KSAs.

Assignment:

1) Identify each characteristic in your opening paragraph, and give an example of the behavior that embodies the characteristic. In prior Units we have refined our ability to describe the behavior. What does the manager do that demonstrates the characteristic? In order to hire for a characteristic, you should be able to define it and give an example of it in action. If you cannot do this, you need to rethink and refine the characteristic you are identifying.

Must pick managerial characteristics or behaviors--not "tasks" or simplistic, vague characteristics.

2) For each characteristic, write the interview question(s) you will ask the applicant.

You will have a total of two interview questions, one for each characteristic you've identified. Your questions may not be "yes" or "no" questions.

3) For each question you identify, state the general contents of a "good" and "poor" answer. (A hiring authority must consider the range of possible good answers ahead of time; hiring authorities will be unable to effectively filter applicants if you don't know what a good answer contains.....)