EVALUATING

CANDIDATE
INTERVIEWS

HOW-TO GUIDE
 Evaluating Candidate Interviews
HOW-TO GUIDE

So you have just finished a round of 5 interviews, and most of the candidates seem to be competent
enough. How are you going to select the right person? With so many factors influencing hiring
decisions, and so much risk of making the wrong hire, you need a method for quickly and effectively
evaluating each of the candidates.

Use Demand Metric’s Interview Evaluation Matrix to eliminate the guesswork.

What are Decision-Making Criteria for Hiring?

Relevant Experience — Has the candidate worked in your industry before? Have they demon-
strated a deep understanding of your business? How recent is their relevant experience? What are
their academic credentials?

Skill Set — does the candidate have the leadership, communication, problem- solving, analytical,
project management, technical, performance measurement, and general management skills
required for the position?

Professionalism — did the candidate offer references? Were they on-time and professionally
dressed? Was their attitude calm and confident? Do you feel that the answers to your questions
displayed honesty and integrity?

Knowledge of Position — do you feel that the candidate really understands what it will take to be
successful in this job? Did they provide a plan of attack to take your organization from its current state
to the goal state?

Personality and Fit — is this candidate a good fit for your company culture? Did everyone else agree
that this person would be well received by staff? How enthusiastic and self-motivated do you believe
this candidate will be?

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 Action Plan
STEP 1 - Be Prepared

Standardized Questions
1 Be Prepared
Create Professional
Interviews

Conduct your
2 Interviews
Use Demand Metric’s
Interview Questions Tool to
create a set of standardized
questions you can reuse for
future interviews.

Evaluate Each
3 Candidate

Make the Hiring

4 Decision Interview Questions Tool

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 Action Plan
STEP 2 - Conduct your Interviews

Learn to Control the Inter-

1 Be Prepared
view and Interpret Reaction

Use your Interview

2 Conduct your
Interviews
Questions Tool to control
the discussion. Listen
carefully to each response
and read body language.

Evaluate Each
3 Candidate

Make the Hiring

4 Decision

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 Action Plan
STEP 3 - Evaluate Each Candidate

Decide Who To Hire with

1 Be Prepared
the Interview Evaluation
Matrix

Conduct your
2 Interviews
Use our Interview Evaluation
Matrix to conduct an apples-
to-apples comparison for
each of your candidates.

3 Evaluate Each
Candidate

Make the Hiring Interview Evaluation Matrix

4 Decision
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 Action Plan
STEP 4 - Make the Hiring Decision

With the Professional

1 Be Prepared
Development Plan Choose
Correctly

Conduct your
2 Interviews
Use your evaluation to select
the right person.

Evaluate Each
3 Candidate

Professional Development Plan

Make the
4 Hiring
Decision
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