10 interview questions every manager should be asking

Hiring managers spend countless hours asking the wrong interview questions. Typical interview questions like “Why should we hire you” must be axed in favor of behavioral interview questions that will eliminate vagueness and get to the root of the answer

Behavioral interviewing points to past performance as the best predictor of future performance. Instead of asking a candidate how he or she would behave in a particular situation, the hiring manager or interviewer will ask a job candidate to describe how he or she did behave. Here are some behavioral interview questions that can draw revealing answers and get you on your way to finding the right employees. 1. Tell us about an idea you started that involved collaboration with your colleagues that

improved the business.

When you had extra time available at your last 2. job, describe ways you found to make your job more efficient.

3. At times you may be asked to do many things at

once. Tell me how you would decide what is most important and why.

4. Tell me a time when you identified a problem with a process and what steps did you take to improve the problem?

What techniques have you learned to make a job 5. easier, or to be more effective? What was your discovery process and how did you implement it?

6.

Tell me about a time when you went beyond your manager's expectations to get the job done.

Tell me about a time when you identified a new, 7. unusual, or different approach for addressing a

problem or task.

8. Describe a project or idea (not necessarily your own) that was implemented or carried out successfully primarily because of your efforts.

How do you react when faced with many hurdles 9. while trying to achieve a goal? How do you overcome the hurdles?

Everyone has good days and bad days at work. 10.

Take your time and think back to a really good day you had and tell me why it was a good day.