Effectively Using the Behavioral Job Interview to Get the Young Talent You Need

The job interview: the one employment selection process almost every manager does, but very few do well. Some organizations impose meticulous control over the job interview process. Usually these organizations have the best interviews because they have worked hard to develop a thorough behavioral interviewing process. Often they are smart enough to require any manager who interviews job candidates to receive training on how to conduct interviews properly. Unfortunately, such organizations are the exception. In most workplaces, hiring managers have a huge amount of latitude when it comes to conducting job interviews.

Millennials tell us horror stories every day about job interviews. Interviewers sometimes ask inappropriate questions like: “What was it like growing up in your family?” or “Do you intend to have children?” Sometimes they ask irrelevant and silly questions such as: “What can you do in the next 60 seconds that will really impress me?” But a surprising number…