Critical Parameters for Evaluating Candidates

Overview/Description
 This course deals with the twelve critical areas in which candidates must be evaluated in any successful interviewing process. Questions that probe the candidate on each of these twelve areas are suggested, and sample answers are presented to illustrate the cues that interviewers can pick up from the answers. Further, the method of applying the Candidate Assessment Tool (CAT) and the Candidate Assessment Graph (CAG) are presented. The CAT and the CAG are techniques that will enable the interviewer to quantify the subjective assessments made of the candidate. At the end of this course, the learner will be able to make better informed judgments on the suitability of a candidate for any position.

Target Audience
 Managers, team leaders, human resource managers and human resource professionals responsible for recruiting, interviewing and hiring people.

Expected Duration
5.5 hours

Lesson Objectives:

Professional Qualifications

  • recognize the importance of evaluating a candidate's professional qualifications correctly.
  • apply the key parameters to assess a candidate's adaptability.
  • apply the key parameters to assess a candidate's competence.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's experience.
  • apply the key parameters to assess a candidate's manageability.

    • Personal Qualities and Characteristics

  • recognize the importance of evaluating a candidate's personal qualities and characteristics.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's interpersonal skills.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's attitude.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's initiative.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's professional maturity.

    • Core Beliefs

  • recognize the importance of evaluating a candidate's core beliefs.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's stability.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's emotional control.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's integrity.
  • apply the key parameters to assess the candidate's values.

    • Keeping Score and Quantifying Results

  • recognize the importance of quantifying a candidates performance scores after an interview.
  • use the Candidate Assessment Tool to score a candidate's performance during the interview.
  • use the Candidate Assessment Graph to map a candidate's performance scores during the interview.

    • Course Number: HR0203