Improve your job interviewer and interviewee skills

 

It’s well past time that we re-framed the job interview process.

Instead of the interviewer being worried about the possible problems the candidate may be masking, interviews should be about exploring and revealing the opportunity / value going both ways.

Similarly, instead of the interviewee being fuzzy about the job specifications and outcomes, the process should be about aligning understanding of what the job / opportunity is actually about.

John Briggs & Gale Miller of the Solutions Behavioural Health Group Milwaukee did some research on the interview process. 

Their findings are on page 1 (drawn from one of Gale’s presentations).

Page 2 offers advice on how to re-frame the interview process from the interviewers perspective.

Page 3 was developed by some solution focus advocates in Toronto to illustrate how interviewees might frame the interview.

The goal of this thinking is to reframe the traditional interview ‘contest’. It suggests ways that avoid the surprises that can arise later and instead help both parties get what they want.

Download the Solution Focus Interview here

If instead you are discussing a project you will want to consider these questions.