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  • Overview

    The aim

    To provide managers with all the necessary skills to conduct an effective recruitment interview.


    About the programme

    A selection interview is a bit like detective work. Suspects must be eliminated until the right person is found, whether from inside or outside the organisation. Making the right selection choice means knowing the budget was spent well, a valuable asset has been acquired and that colleagues will be motivated by the new team member.

    Split into three scenarios, this entertaining programme introduces some managers who get the costly decision wrong by making common mistakes.

    Ethelred the Unready is unprepared, knows little about the job or the candidate, and is constantly interrupted by colleagues as the interview progresses. Ivan the Terrible would rather trumpet his own opinions than encourage the candidate to talk. And Gillian the Silent allows the candidate to take over, and fails to probe or voice her doubts...

    Targeted at less experienced staff conducting recruitment interviews, this engaging programme uses the memorable ‘wrong-way, right-way’ approach to teach the invaluable skills of effective interviewing.

    It also includes the Interviewee preparation programme, which teaches job candidates how to research a company and question interviewers to find out the things that matter to them. This is suitable for internal candidates, as well as for schools and colleges to prepare graduates for the job market.


    The key outcomes

    -Prepare and conduct effective selection interviews with confidence and skill
    -Candidates will be suitably prepared for all aspects of a job interview


    Training resources include

    Video (30 mins)
    Interviewee programme (5 mins)
    Course leader's guide (PDF)
    Delegate worksheets
    Powerpoint slides/OHPs
    Self-study workbook


    Information:

    A Video Arts production featuring Hugh Laurie, Dawn French, John Cleese, Simon Shepherd and Philip Franks. Release date: 1993

  • Learning chapters

    1. An introduction to selection interviewing http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L01/An-introduction-to-selection-interviewing http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L01.jpg
      An introduction to selection interviewing by Antony Jay.... (read more)
    2. Interviewing without preparation http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L02/Interviewing-without-preparation http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L02.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who is totally unprepared for interviewing an applicant.... (read more)
    3. Identifying the need for preparation http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L03/Identifying-the-need-for-preparation http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L03.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who is totally unprepared for interviewing an applicant. He identifies the need for preparation.... (read more)
    4. Applying the process for preparation within the interview http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L04/Applying-the-process-for-preparation-within-the-interview http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L04.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who is totally unprepared for interviewing an applicant. He identifies the need for preparation and applies the process for preparation within the interview.... (read more)
    5. Not listening to the candidate http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L05/Not-listening-to-the-candidate http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L05.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who doesn't listen to the candidate.... (read more)

    6. The importance of listening http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L06/The-importance-of-listening http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L06.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who doesn't listen to the candidate. He learns the importance of listening and the problems that arise from not listening.... (read more)
    7. Listening and asking open questions http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L07/Listening-and-asking-open-questions http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L07.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who doesn't listen to the candidate. He learns the importance of listening and the problems that arise from not listening. He tries it again by asking open questions.... (read more)
    8. Not putting across doubts and suspicions http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L08/Not-putting-across-doubts-and-suspicions http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L08.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview who doesn't put across any doubts or suspicions to the interviewee.... (read more)
    9. The need for probing http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L09/The-need-for-probing http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L09.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview that doesn't put across any doubts or suspicions to the interviewee, but learns the importance of probing.... (read more)
    10. Questioning, satisfying doubts and suspicions http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L10/Questioning,-satisfying-doubts-and-suspicions http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L10.jpg
      We meet the manager taking a selection interview that doesn't put across any doubts or suspicions to the interviewee but learns the importance of probing. She tries it again by asking questions and getting all the answers she needs.... (read more)

    11. Summary http://az.videoarts.com/product/INT8 L11/Summary http://az.videoarts.com/images/products/INT8 L11.jpg
      A summary of the lessons on selection interviewing.... (read more)

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