How to Interview Someone – How to Recruit a Good Job Candidate (4 of 5)
What should be included in an interview template?
An interview template can be customized for an existing interview process and the specific position to fill. Consider including:
Every organization will have its specific interview style, but many follow a similar pattern:
An interview template should reflect the preferred interview format, so the interviewer knows precisely how to conduct the interview just by looking at the template.
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List the core skills and credentials required for a position, along with other qualities that you want to rank, such as communication style, preparation for the interview, or initiative. Evaluate a candidate by assigning a score to each item based on how well they meet the requirements. The template includes a rating scale to indicate whether a competency was absent, average, or excellent. You may also want to include notes to record why you gave a certain score.
After completing an evaluation form and assigning scores to indicate how a candidate ranks for each requirement, use this scorecard template to add up overall scores and get a quick overview of results. It can also be used to calculate average scores and see how many items received high or low scores. Add notes to support the decisions and recommendations based on the data collected.
Once candidates have been ranked for interview performance, relevant experience, skills, and other factors, you can compare their scores to those of other applicants. This scorecard shows the candidates side by side, along with overall ratings to help you decide which candidates will move on to the next part of a hiring process. Include interviewer names and notes to keep track of each step in making hiring decisions.
What are some examples of interview templates?
Interviewers can use a template for any type of interview. Here are a few interview templates that could make your process run smoothly.
A standard job interview template contains a list of questions to ask the candidate. It could also provide time durations for each question or other information.
Employees can tweak interview templates to fit each new position. If there are positions hired regularly, save a template for each one.
This type of interview template is also used for job interviews but focuses on providing a scoring system to compare candidates. If using a score-based template, make sure to decide before the interview what type of answer will be considered “excellent” vs. “good.” Also, if some questions are more important than others, it’s helpful to weigh the scores.
Job interviews aren’t the only type of interview that can benefit from a template — they’re also helpful for exit interviews. Unlike job interviews, scoring and comparing to other exit interviews is unnecessary. But standardizing exit interviews means patterns in feedback can be compared.
monday.com offers a fully customizable interview template used to standardize and simplify job interviews. The template can be adjusted to fit each role and the unique interview process. Because monday.com boards can be accessed from any device, it’s easy to share the template — and collaborate on questions and scoring — with your team.
The interview template integrates seamlessly with the rest of HR work on monday.com. For example, answers from the interview can automatically populate a database of candidate information.
Here are a few more monday.com templates for streamlining HR processes.
The recruitment process template keeps track of applicants moving through the hiring process. First, use the template to create a centralized database of all relevant contact information for new recruits. Then, whether rejected or hired, monday.com automations can move interviewee data to the right place without creating extra work.
When applicants submit the job application form, their information can be routed to the relevant monday.com board, so candidate information is never lost. Automatically assign applicants to team members.
Congratulations on the recent hire! But HR’s work is never done, of course. Next up: Onboarding. The new employee onboarding template helps manage the workflow, from the pre-arrival checklist to introductions. Automatically assign responsibilities to team members and track tasks.
