Who: Screening Interview

Who advocates for asking a specific/structured set of questions during the hiring manager interview. They recommend taking only 30m over the phone.

Screening Interview Guide

1. What are your career goals?
2. What are you really good at professionally?
3. What are you not good at or not interested in doing professionally?
4. Who were your last five bosses, and how will they each rate your performance on a 1-10 scale when we talk to them?⊕ (Smart and Street 2008, ch. 4)
   
   

When looking for goals, look for 2 things: passion for goals and alignment with the needs of the role.

When asking about ratings from previous bosses:

You are looking for lots of 8’s, 9’s, and 10’s in the ratings. Consider 7’s neutral; 6’s and below are actually bad. We have found that people who give themselves a rating of 6 or lower are really saying 2.⊕ (Smart and Street 2008, ch. 4)