Eastern Michigan University - Professional Education Center, EMU College of Business

The Professional Education Center at EMU

Staff Selection Through
Behavioral Based Interviewing

Who Should Attend?

Employees at all levels who hire candidates or who are responsible for performance management.

Program Objectives

As a result of taking this seminar, participants will learn how to:

Manage the interview process in a way to make the best use of time and create a positive impression with applicants.
Define candidate success in an observable and measurable way.
Develop questions that are tightly connected to success and identify what makes a right or wrong answer.
Conduct the interview in a manner to maximize communication and an accurate assessment.
Formulate a decision that reduces typical rater errors.
Develop and implement team/panel interviews
Reduce vulnerability to discrimination complaints in the interview process.

Program and Format

This seminar covers the Strategic Interviewing Model detailed in “Strategic Interviewing: How to Hire Good People” by R. Camp, M. Vielhaber and J.Simonetti, Jossey Bass, 2001.The seminar will use a lecture/discussion format and participants will be actively involved in their learning through a variety of small group exercises including:

Review two video-taped interviews and form judgments of the candidates.

Create their best interview questions and receive peer feedback.
Obtain over 400 best interview questions
Practice conducting an interview & receive candidate feedback

Lead Instructor

Dr. Camp received his Ph.D. in Industrial and Organizational Psychology from Wayne State University and has been on the staff of EMU for 26 years. Prior to coming to Eastern, Dr. Camp was on the corporate Human Resource staff of a large Michigan utility, where he held positions in training, research and employment.

Dr. Camp is recognized as an expert in employment interviewing and has conducted training and consulting on interviewing for over 18 years. Dr. Camp has consulted with a wide range of clients on interviewing including Dominos, Daimler Chrysler, Lockheed Martin, Cargill, Wal-Mart, Fisher Scientific, General Motors, Ford Motor, Scholastic Inc, Johnson Controls and Egon Zehnder International. He has conducted interviewer training in 17 different countries.

"The PEC was instrumental in designing a writing course specifically tailored for the Hyundai America Technical Center.

Our consultant and instructor spent weeks learning about our work environment, speaking with our leadership team, researching and incorporating international writing skills into the course; all of which were critical to successfully incorporating our business needs in to the writing course.

The time and dedication of the PEC staff was greatly appreciated."

-E.R. Schmidt, HR Director, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.

-J.H. Rim, Korean Coordinator, Hyundai America Technical Center, Inc.

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