Chapter 2

Do casual interviews reveal more than scripted ones?

Phỏng vấn tự nhiên có hiểu người hơn hỏi theo kịch bản?

The chapter's question

What is my question set for this role?

Big idea

Only by asking every candidate the same questions can you compare them.

In this chapter

  1. Part 2.1

    Behavioural Questions

    Why ask about a time they did it rather than what they would do?

  2. Part 2.2

    Situational Questions

    Which scenarios are close to the real job?

  3. Part 2.3

    Follow-Up Probes

    Which follow-up questions dig out details?

  4. Part 2.4

    Questions Not to Ask

    Which questions invade privacy or discriminate?

The reading for this chapter is inside Conan School

This chapter has 4 readings, with case stories and exercises. Chapter 1 of The Room Behind the Glass is free to read right here.

Read in Conan School

Chapters of The Room Behind the Glass

  1. 1.Does reading every resume carefully make screening fairer?
  2. 2.Do casual interviews reveal more than scripted ones?
  3. 3.Are we scoring the candidate, or our impression?
  4. 4.Does the loudest voice decide who gets hired?
  5. 5.Why should rejected candidates still matter to us?