The Professional Education Center at EMU

Eastern Michigan University

The Professional Education Center

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 Richaurd R. Camp, Mary Vielhaber and Jack 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. Additionally, participants will:

  • Review two video-taped interviews and form judgments of the candidates.
  • Create their best interview questions and receive peer feedback.
  • Obtain 400 best interview questions from previous participants along with detailed feedback.
  • Practice conducting an interview
  • Receive candidate feedback