Interviewing Strategies with Personality Assessment Tool

1. Why interviews fail
2. Common interviewer biases
3. Cost of wrong hires
4. Predicting success beyond resumes

Activity:

1. Group Exercise: Calculate cost of a bad hire in your company.

1. Structured vs Unstructured Interviews
2. Behavioural Interviews
3. Competency-Based Interviews
4. Situational Interviews
5. Panel Interviews

Activity:

1. Interview Match Game

Participants match job roles with best interview method.

1. Open-ended vs closed questions
2. STAR Interview Technique
3. Questions to reveal competence, attitude & culture fit
4. Probing questions that uncover truth

Activity:

1. Workshop: Create 10 powerful interview questions for real vacancies.

1. Why personality matters in hiring
2. Traits linked to performance
3. Red flags & strengths indicators
4. Ethical use of assessments

Activity:

1. Hands-On Self-Assessment

Participants complete simplified personality profiling questionnaire.

1. How different personalities communicate
2. Interviewing dominant vs analytical candidates
3. Matching personality to job role
4. Avoiding personality bias

Activity:

1. Case Study: Which candidate fits Sales / Finance / Admin / Leadership role?

1. How candidates hide weaknesses
2. Spotting inconsistencies
3. Reading verbal & non-verbal cues
4. Understanding motivation drivers

Activity:

1. Video Analysis Exercise

Watch candidate interview clips and identify red flags.

1. Opening the interview professionally
2. Managing nervous candidates
3. Taking notes effectively
4. Keeping control of time

Activity:

1. Mock Interview Practice

Participants conduct real interviews in pairs.

1. Interview scorecards
2. Competency rating matrix
3. Reducing bias through evidence-based scoring
4. Combining interview + assessment results

Activity:

1. Hands-On Evaluation Lab

Score 3 sample candidates using templates.

1. Overconfident candidates
2. Talkative candidates
3. Weak communicators
4. Internal candidates
5. Salary-demanding candidates

Activity:

1. Role Play Rotation

Participants handle challenging interview scenarios.

1. Compare candidates fairly
2. Making final recommendations
3. Documentation best practices
4. Legal & fair hiring principles

Activity:

1. Hiring Panel Challenge

Teams review resumes, interview notes, personality profiles and choose best hire.