Job Interview Quiz: Do You Know The 5 Questions to Ask?
IT Management
At this stage of your career, you may have interviewed dozens -- or even hundreds -- of IT job applicants. And, let’s face it, sometimes you’ve strained to come up with fresh, insightful questions that help you truly gauge how a candidate will perform once they're on the job. In order to distinguish winning contenders from the rejects, you must present focused, intelligent inquiries designed to provoke compelling response. Valuable performers, after all, must deliver more than simply a printed resume listing tech degrees and certifications. Getting a sense of those critical intangible qualities, however, is a bit of a puzzle.
If you stick to the script that HR distributes, you’ll never reveal the inner essence of a prospective job candidate. (How often have you hired someone who said all the right things to scripted questions and turned out to be a total dud?) What you need are open-ended conversational explorations that offer useful revelations into personality and skills. Exclusively for CIO Insight, Dice.com presents the five questions you should ask that will determine the true make-up of your job candidates.
Take the quiz to see if you're asking the five right questions, and expecting the five right responses, in your interview process. These five questions and answers were provided by Alice Hill, managing director at Dice.com, after consultations with 16 professionals in the tech community. Dice.com is a leading career hub for tech professionals.
The right answer: One that doesn’t exclusively address success in terms of dollars saved/made. It should also reveal obstacles, teamwork, collaboration and discoveries encountered along the way.
The right answer: This question is intentionally ambiguous. Some interpret value as reward and/or a promotion. A stronger candidate perceives value as an expansion of skill-set or opportunity for positive, organizational impact.
The right answer: There's no right or wrong response here. This is your chance to figure out if you and the job candidate are on the same page. If you sense a disconnect here on desired outcomes, move on to the next candidate.
The right answer: It's not about the products. Use the response to determine if the candidate uses mobility to stay ahead of trends, be productive at work and serve his/her employer, or if the candidate just likes fancy tech toys.
Source:CIO Sight
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