Download - How To Use Interview Generator
Create a Job Interview Using Interview Generator
www.BuildAnInterview.com
Index
Subject SlideGeneral Overview 3 – 4
Getting Started 5 – 6
Using the Interview Generator System 7 – 8
Competencies 9 – 11
Target Behaviours/Questions 12 – 16
Building Interview Guide 17 – 21
Saving your I.G. 22
Building a new I.G. 23
How to create an interview report 24 – 25
Helpful Resources Contact Information
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Interview Guides: General Use
Step 1: Build the Interview Guide
Step 2: Use the Interview Guide to ask questions, probe and stay on track
Step 3: Record Candidates Responses, Rate the Interview, and Compare Candidates for the Position
Interview Generator
• Access the online interview-building system, Interview Generator by obtaining log in and password from [email protected]
• Interview Guides are highly confidential and must be kept in a safe and secure place.
What do I need before I start?
• Current job posting
• Update, if necessary– Consider current
changes to the job, such as technological advances
• Make sure you are familiar with the job before starting
Competency Dictionary – A helpful tool
• Lists the 60 non-technical competencies in the Interview Generator system
• Provides the definition of targeted behaviors
• Download it from Resources, Interviewer at the top of the page
Using the Interview Generator System
Home page of Interview Generator
(www.BuildAnInterview.com)
Navigating in Interview Generator
Easy-to-use toolbar is on the left side of every page in the site.
Competencies
• 60 generic competencies• Opportunity to add
custom competencies• Same as Interview
Worksheet• Review Competencies
before starting to build an interview guide.
Competency Definitions
Click on a specific competency to bring up
its unique definition which always includes a key question to further
describe that competency’s meaning
Adding New Competencies
• New competencies will be visible and accessible to anyone using your account in Interview Generator
• Generally not intended for technical competencies
Target Behaviors/Questions
Search by:
• Competency• Level
Levels within Interview Generator
• “Levels” within Interview Generator may not correspond to job levels you are familiar with at your company
• Interview Generator question levels refer 1) non-exempt 2) exempt non-manager 3) supervisor / manager of people 4) senior manager or executive
Target Behaviors are Key
• Target behaviors represent the “look for” behaviors associated with successful job performance
• Target behaviors should approximate what is expected once on the job
Interview Questions• Interview questions are paired with target behaviors• As an interviewer, when you ask a behavioral interview
question you should evaluate the quality of the candidate’s response based on the target behavior for that question (close, or way off?)
Adding new behaviors and questions
• Click on “Add Another Target Behavior/Question”• Enter new information• Hit “Update”
Building an Interview Guide
Your choices are:
• Create Your Own Interview
• Modify or download a Library Interview
• I’m not sure• Go to my “in progress”
interviews• Go to my “completed
interviews”
Browse Existing Interviews
• Select the correct Job Family
• Review the jobs listed• Job title, description
and date created are shown
• Choices are:– Print (download)– Edit– Delete
Edit an Interview
You must edit the:– Job Position /
Interview NameYou can edit the:– Job Description– Job Family
You cannot edit the:– Job level
Editing Competencies
• Add competencies to your interview guide• Remove unwanted pre-selected competencies• Save your new list of 3-10 competencies
Selecting the right interview questions
• Select 2-4 Target Behavior/Interview Question pairs per competency, and be sure to hit UPDATE at the bottom
• The list will re-sort with your selected pairs at the top• Check the list again and if you are happy with it, go back to
Competencies and repeat this process for each competency until you have selected all of your questions
Save Your Interview Guides
• Save your work by clicking Save my in progress work for more editing later, OR
• Complete this Interview, which will take you directly to the report generator to print or save the guide
• You must take one of these actions or your work will be lost
Building a New Interview Guide
Follows the same process as “editing” but you must fill in
all descriptive information and select your own
competencies and target behaviors / questions yourself.
Report Generator
Long and Short Report Versions• Short – Just the basics: description, space for technical questions
and notes, competency-based questions + space for your notes, rating scales / chart, summary comments
• Long – same as above + helpful process steps, probing / follow-up questions, background questions/notes, candidate questions, closing notes, Candidate Comparison Chart
Helpful Resources
Your Narrator: Anne Sandberg, Interview Generator Author and COO of WCOD
Toll-free (866) [email protected]