I came across this blog entry by Jim Estill, in which he lists a series of what he thought were the best interview questions for hiring a new employee. The full list of questions can be viewed on his blog.

As you can see from the lists of questions, there are both situational interview and behavioural interview questions. Situational interview questions help to predict future behavior with questions on how they would react in given situations. Behavioural interview questions are used to determine past behavior. These questions are aimed to see how the candidate has reacted in previous situations.

It is best to have a combination of both situational and behavioural interview questions to ensure you are getting as much relevant information about the candidate as you can, to help you effectively determine the best person for the job.

After reading over the questions, I thought that expanding on how to conduct a successful interview would be an interesting topic to discuss. We will publishing a series of blog entries outlining the steps you should consider in the interviewing process.

To start off, let’s go over why companies use interviews. Interviews are used by companies to determine who the best applicant for the job is. Interviews are typically considered to be the most important component of the selection process.

To view the objectives of an interview continue to our blog.