How To Interview People: A guide to choosing the best person for the job every time (Recruitment Book Book 2) Kindle Edition

If you are a business leader who has to interview people for positions in your company, you may enjoy How to Interview People: A Guide to Choosing the Best Person For the Job Every Time by Heike Guilford. This is a short read that is packed with not only information, but personal experiences from an expert in this field. The author guides you through where to meet, how to interview, and how to move through the probationary period for new employees. She additionally gives you information on how to handle certain situations that will inevitably show up if this is a frequent task for you including how to deal with late candidates, how to get valuable information from current employees to enhance interviewing and current employees, and how to handle negotiations on pay or with hiring agencies. The most helpful part of this book was by far the examples the author gives based on her experience in this field. They helped her to illustrate the examples she gave and bring them to life. Although the checklists she provides are also equally helpful, Guilford was able to show how they would play out in a real life interview so it will be easier to use the checklist information. The book is laid out in a logical way that is easy to follow, leading you through the beginning of why interviewing is so important, how to set up interviews, how to conduct them, and then how to retain employees. The book was small, but the experience of Guildford is remarkable and she was able to pack it with in-depth information. The only bad part of this book was that it looks like some of the checklists have gotten indented wrong, especially in the later chapters, as it was put into format which made it a little hard to follow, yet not impossible. If it isn’t a formatting error, it would be helpful to indent them into something easier to read. Other than that, the book is professionally edited and laid out. If you do any significant interviewing this is defiantly a source you will want to have. As the author explains, having to rehire can cost your company a lot of money if you fail to hire and retain the best employees. The information is laid out in a way that it can be read in a setting, but also referenced quickly during the preparation or selection of an employee. The experience of the author alone is worth giving this book a look.

Too often, companies simply put up a job posting and then passively wait for the perfect employee to arrive at their doorstep. This guide gives practical advice to ensuring you will always have an excellent stock of quality candidates for a position before you even need to fill it. It is a competitive job market nowadays, for both job seekers and hiring companies given that there is no such thing as company loyalty anymore and there is tough competition to recruit the best talent.Guilford breaks down the entire hiring process - recruitment, interviewing, probationary periods, retention of new employees, and everything in between. Through reflective questions, he challenges the reader to critically think about common interviewing processes and how they can be changed to receive better outcomes.What made this guidebook provocative to read was its emphasis on the power of empathy - you don’t need to be aggressive, demanding, or pay extraordinary salaries in order to get the best. In fact, he explains how using empathy and understanding the psychology of job seekers will help attract top talent to your company without breaking the bank. He encourages companies to give and ask for feedback to constantly fine tune their hiring process. Whether you are in charge of hiring for a small start-up or large established company, or even if you are a job seeker seeking to learn more about what you’re going through, this book is an engaging and insightful read.

How To Interview People is a great book. It provides valuable information for both the interviewer and the job applicant. Heike Guilford gives life experiences and check lists that will help illustrate her meaning and direction. These examples help bring each illustration to life. The book guides you through all the steps from how to set up the interview, where it should be held, the types of questions that you should be asking. It also helps the employer deal with the hiring agencies that most are using now. It is a must have for anyone that does a considerable amount of interviewing. While the book is laid out to be from the interviewer point of view any job applicant could gain great insight in what employers are looking for simply by reading this book. It’s a great resource and should be read by all. I totally recommend this for anyone needs to hire or be hired in today’s work force.

There’s a few early good tips in here, especially around interview questions and process. There are a ton of books out there, but this one is a quick read with a few really good tidbits and suggestions.

Great book

Nice addition to HR library.

This author has entry level recruiting knowledge AT BEST. This book is a rambling, useless waste of time.

Again an outstanding read and resource from this talented writer. Heike Guilford grasps the readers attention from the start, giving a good indication this lady knows what she is talking about.In my business there is a high turnover of staff and being able to interview to an advantage of recruiting the right staff is so important, saving time and money!It is so nice to find a book that challenges your idea’s and thoughts, putting you on a new more open path to how you interview people. This book is easy to follow and a useful tool to return too time and time again.

Has some great content in it

Misleading title - aimed at low level hires and novice recruiters

ok, but not good

Pretty basic but enjoyable to read.