(Federal Office of Personnel Management):<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\nA structured interview is an assessment method designed to measure job-related competencies of candidates by systematically inquiring about their behavior in past experiences and\/or their proposed behavior in hypothetical situations.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nGenerally speaking, structured interviews ensure candidates have equal opportunities to provide information and are assessed accurately and consistently.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\nStructured interviews are popular because they are more personal than other assessment methods. Other benefits of structured interviews are:<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n\n- They can evaluate competencies that are difficult to measure using other assessment methods (e.g., Interpersonal Skills)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
- All candidates are asked the same predetermined questions in the same order<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n
- All responses are evaluated using the same rating scale and standards for acceptable answers<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
————————————————————————–<\/span><\/p>\nSubjectivity certainly has its place. Does this person fit in the culture of your organization? Does this person present themselves well? Can you work with this person? All very valid questions that should be answered. But only as part of a larger process that is as completely fair and unbiased as possible.<\/p>\n
The Structured Interview offers that fair and unbiased platform and gives you a powerful tool to supplement your objective selection process.<\/p>\n
Predict Excellence<\/h1>\n
Another advantage is a proven process for identifying excellence<\/strong>.<\/p>\nQuestions in the TargetSuccess Structured Interviews are carefully designed to evaluate behavioral characteristics that are associated with excellence and success.<\/p>\n
Structured vs. Non-structured<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n\n- Quantitative vs. Qualitative<\/em><\/li>\n
- Consistent (fair) by design vs. Inconsistent (unfair) by design<\/em><\/li>\n
- Scripted vs. Free-form<\/em><\/li>\n
- Time efficient vs. Time intensive<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
<\/h1>\nBuild a Culture of Excellence<\/h1>\n
But most important is that long term use of tools like this that purposefully and methodically select people that are most likely to be passionate, caring, intelligent, resourceful, communicative, industrious, loyal, in short EXCELLENT<\/strong>, will positively transform the culture of your organization, dramatically reduce turnover, and make it more and more certain for every student to have a positive learning experience each and every day.<\/p>\nIt is important to understand that in order to properly execute a structured interview, in particular how to evaluate responses, requires training. So, in addition to providing the interview script itself and interpretation \u201clook-fors,\u201d TargetSuccess also provides comprehensive training in the use of our Structured Interview as well as a complete set of on-line tools to support your implementation.<\/p>\n
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When you are ready to begin implementing next-generation hiring tools such as screening profiles and structured interview, you will find that<\/p>\n
\n- TargetSuccess specializes in hiring tools for education organizations.<\/em><\/li>\n
- TargetSuccess tools are available for a fraction of the cost of the \u201cBig Names.\u201d<\/em><\/li>\n
- TargetSuccess tools are of the highest quality and proven effectiveness.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Please give us a call for personalized introduction to what we do and how we do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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