Do you tend to shoot from the cuff when you are interviewing candidates? Meaning, you don’t have any formal process or questions, you just ask away as the questions come to mind? Some people are quite skilled at doing this, many of us lack the ability to keep interviews consistent if we don’t have a set form with a set list of questions to use as a guide.
Keeping consistent with your interview process and core questions becomes key especially if you are interviewing multiple people for the same position. It can become difficult if you have candidates that seem to be similar in their skill sets if you didn’t ask them similar questions. As well, it makes it difficult for other team members (not present during the interview) to be able to review and compare candidate responses if candidates were asked different questions.
Keep this in mind the next time you find yourself embarking on