Interviewing Skills Quiz

Hannah Spruce

May 20, 2016

5 min read

Test Your Interviewing Skills

As a manager, you can’t shy away from tough conversations. And you’ll have to handle a whole host of tricky conversations, from the good (hiring) to the bad (firing) and the just plain ugly (disciplinary). Disciplinary interviews, dismissals and telling job candidates that they didn’t make the cut are hard conversations. But, they’re essential to your job. They’re emotionally exhausting, and they test your skill set and confidence to the max. Yet, feeling assured that you’re doing the right thing can go some way to making these conversations easier. So, can you handle a dismissal? Can you hire like a detective? And can you make a performance interview a productive time?

Imagine you have an employee who's consistently late, argumentative, and lazy. Before you get to the stage where you've decided to dismiss them, what steps should you have taken?

Nothing - call a meeting out of the blue - your employee will know their behaviour is unacceptable

Document the issues as they arise but keep them to yourself, they might improve

Document the issues - schedule an informal chat and create a performance plan to help that employee improve

Bring it up in front of everyone to maintain levels of expectation and boost employee productivity

Correct! Wrong!

As a manager, you'll also need to be aware of the Equality Act 2010. Do you know which one of these is NOT a protected characteristic?

Age

Weight

Civil partnership and marriage

Gender reassignment

Correct! Wrong!

At work, one of your employees made a formal complaint a few weeks ago about workplace sexism. Since then, her manager has made jabs about her 'feminism' in meetings, making her feel uncomfortable. Can you recognise what type of discrimination this is?

Victimisation

Direct discrimination

Harassment

Indirect discrimination

Correct! Wrong!

In an interview, how would you handle a great-on-paper candidate who's so nervous that their interview answers are too vague and rambling?

Smile and mark them as a no. If they can't articulate themselves, then they aren't right for the job

Sit tight - they'll provide you with the information you need to make a decision - they're just taking their time getting there

Use probing questions - ask them to be more specific and interject to bring them back to the point

Ask them if they could be more specific

Correct! Wrong!

As a manager, you'll also be at the forefront of hiring. Hiring is a tricky business and it can feel like being a detective. So, do you think you know the types of questions that have been proven to get better answers?

Behaviour based interviews questions that prompt the response you want

Questions that focus on the candidate's hobbies and interests

Questions about the candidate's previous bosses

Situational 'tell me about a time' questions that are left hanging

Correct! Wrong!

Test Your Interviewing Skills

Want to learn more about how to develop insightful interview questions that will help uncover a candidate's traits? Take a look at our Interviewing Skills Training for Managers.

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Interviewing Skills Quiz

Test Your Interviewing Skills

Imagine you have an employee who's consistently late, argumentative, and lazy. Before you get to the stage where you've decided to dismiss them, what steps should you have taken?

As a manager, you'll also need to be aware of the Equality Act 2010. Do you know which one of these is NOT a protected characteristic?

At work, one of your employees made a formal complaint a few weeks ago about workplace sexism. Since then, her manager has made jabs about her 'feminism' in meetings, making her feel uncomfortable. Can you recognise what type of discrimination this is?

In an interview, how would you handle a great-on-paper candidate who's so nervous that their interview answers are too vague and rambling?

As a manager, you'll also be at the forefront of hiring. Hiring is a tricky business and it can feel like being a detective. So, do you think you know the types of questions that have been proven to get better answers?

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