Whether you are hiring for a HR Manager/Director position or interviewing to become one, you want the same thing:
-If you are hiring – you don't want to hire a dud.
-If you are interviewing – you don't want to be perceived as a dud.
See the synergy? Nobody wants to be the dud. Funny how things seem to work out…
To that end, check out my list of the best behavioral questions to separate the players from the pretenders in the HR Manager/Director space.
Take a look and let me know what you think. If you flame, just remember – I'm limited to around 1,000 words in the column, so I gotta make choices… You can always tell me what your top 5 Behavioral questions would be…
My personal favorite technique and that which I find most useful is the “One Question Interview.” It goes like this: “Think back on your career and pick a project that you found particularly challenging and also fulfilling.” Let’s walk through it from start to finish. Then, you have all kinds of questions that are baked in to it regarding people, stresses, deadlines, etc…