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Notes on Hire With Your Head: Using POWER Hiring to Build Great Teams by Lou Adler

These notes are incomplete (I didn't finish the book)

• Create 6-8 SMARTe performance objectives
  • Specific, Measurable, Action-oriented, Results-driven, Time-bound, and include a description of the environment
• 4 Main Interview Questions
  • Please think of your most significant accomplishment in your career. Now could you tell me all about it?
  • If you were to get this job, how would you go about solving this typical problem (describe the problem)?
  • Give me a quick overview of your current (prior) position and describe the biggest impace (or change) you made.
  • NON-SUPERVISORY: Please draw an organization chart and tell me about a team project you were involved in, and describe your role.
  • SUPERVISORY: Please draw an organization chart and tell me how you built and developed this team, and describe the group's biggest accomplishment.
• Other Questions
  • Think about your favorite work experience, something you feel was exciting, energizing, and personally fulfilling. Please describe it and tell me why it was personally satisfying.
  • You've indicated to me that you're a real problem solver. Can you give me three examples of the types of problems you like to solve?
  • This job requires a real self-starter. Can you please give me three examples of initiative in one of your more reecent positions? This would be something you did over and above the requirements of the job.

Rate Candidates On:

1. Engery, Drive, Initiative
2. Trend of Performance over time
3. Comparability of Past Accomplishments (Anchor SMARTe Objectives)
4. Experience, Education, and Industry Background
5. Problem-Solving and Thinking Skills
6. Overall Talent, Technical Competency and Potential
7. Management and Organization
8. Team Leadership: The Ability to Persuade and Motivate Others
9. Character: Values, Commitment, Goals
10. Personality and Cultural Fit

See Also:

• http://www.brainsearch.net/eng/rating.html