{"id":248,"date":"2014-08-05T15:25:18","date_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/?p=248"},"modified":"2014-08-05T15:25:18","modified_gmt":"2014-08-05T20:25:18","slug":"maximize-your-talent-hire-the-right-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/05\/maximize-your-talent-hire-the-right-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Maximize Your Talent: Hire the Right People"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>8 Key Interview Questions for You<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Asking the right questions is a crucial part of the selling process.\u00a0 It is just as crucial in the hiring process.<\/p>\n<p>How many times have you hired a new person only to realize after a couple weeks that he\/she is not what you had hoped?\u00a0 Interview questions should have the same layered approach as when you speak to customers.\u00a0 It is your job to uncover the details.\u00a0 You want your team to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>So many managers like to fill their team with \u201cmini-me\u201d versions of themselves only because they are drawn to them on a personal level during the interview.\u00a0 Be aware of this tendency and think about how a true team needs a variety of skill levels.\u00a0 Analyze what your current team has to offer and think about their weaknesses \u2013 then begin to interview the prospects.\u00a0 Your goal is to have a top performing team.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Before the Interview: Interview Yourself<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<ol>\n<ul>\n<li>What skills are required for this job?<\/li>\n<li>What strengths would I like to see?<\/li>\n<li>Where is my current team lacking?\u00a0 What are their weaknesses?<\/li>\n<li>What do I need someone to be strong in?<\/li>\n<li>What are my strengths as a manager?<\/li>\n<li>What personality traits does this person need to succeed in this environment?<\/li>\n<li>What skills are trainable?<\/li>\n<li>Do I already have a bunch of team leaders?\u00a0 Then I need someone to fill in someone more detail oriented to fill in the gaps.\u00a0 Or am I lacking leadership and need to look for someone that sees the big picture?\u00a0 What is missing on the team?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Taking the time to outline what you are looking for in a candidate can lead to great success for your team.\u00a0 Interview yourself first!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>8 Key Interview Questions for You Asking the right questions is a crucial part of the selling process.\u00a0 It is just as crucial in the hiring process. How many times have you hired a new person only to realize after &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/05\/maximize-your-talent-hire-the-right-people\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[90,89,91],"class_list":["post-248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mwi-news","tag-interviewing","tag-management","tag-selecting-candidates"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":251,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248\/revisions\/251"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissawhitakerintl.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}