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11 Must-Ask Behavioral Interview Questions

Glassdoor for Employers

Behavioral interviewing uses strategically composed questions to generate word pictures of how a candidate’s past performance supports a hiring company’s future needs. Focusing in on both hard and soft skills, the questions drill down into several layers of a job seeker’s value proposition, unearthing interview gold.

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Don't Make These 5 Common Behavioral Interviewing Mistakes

Lever

Behavioral interviewing is a candidate evaluation method that helps you learn about a candidate’s past behavior, so you can better predict their future behavior. While no interview technique is foolproof, it’s absolutely worth trying out to determine if it can help you increase your quality of hire.

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Behavioral Interviewing: The Achilles Heel of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Glassdoor for Employers

We've all been on the other side of the table when a hiring manager or recruiter asked us a behavioral interview question. Behavioral interviewing has been the gold standard in hiring and recruiting for decades. Breaking out of "the club" requires you to break out of the constraints of your behavioral interview questions.

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11 Must-Ask Behavioral Interview Questions

Glassdoor for Employers

Behavioral interviewing uses strategically-composed questions to share how a candidate’s past performance might support a hiring company’s future needs. Focusing in on both hard and soft skills, the questions drill down into several layers of a job seeker’s value proposition, unearthing interview gold.

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How to Recruit with a Small Team and a Lean Budget

Speaker: Tanya Bourque, Founder, OpExpert

Behavioral interviewing techniques to attract top talent. Attendees will learn: How to recruiter smarter, not harder. How to calculate cost per hire. The tools and technology that will make the hiring process more efficient. May 15, 2019 11.00 AM PDT, 2.00 PM EST, 7.00

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How to Rephrase Behavioral Interview Questions

SmartRecruiters

We’ve all used behavioral interview questions—questions that ask job candidates to recount a past experience so we can assess their likely future performance. In theory, behavioral interview questions should work just fine (because past behavior is usually a decent predictor of future behavior).

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How to Craft Behavioral Interview Questions [and Get Revealing Answers]

SmartRecruiters

One of the toughest things about interviewing is making the most of your limited time with a candidate—especially if you’re assessing skills that you have little or no experience with yourself. In fact, behavioral interview questions are 55% predictive of future on-the-job behavior (while traditional questions are only 10% predictive).