Interviewing Skills

Most books on interviewing are too long and unncessarily complicated to be read by hiring managers. Yes, poor hiring is extremely expensive (research shows 50 to 150% of annual salary) so reading a $30 200-page book is a worthy investment -- and certainly no guarantee for success -- but the same is true for procurement, accounting, etc. These sixty-some pages are just what an interviewer needs for covering all the topics. Shortcomings? There should be a list of legal-minded "don't ask about" these areas (tip #58 is too vague) and I don't think handwriting analysis (tip #72) makes sense. But there's plenty of free web sources on legal issues in interviewing. -Scott [...]

This is a good guide for people new to recruiting and interviewing candidates for jobs. Although I like some of the other books in the series better, this one is filled with useful tips on the interviewing process, and emphasizes important areas such as preparation, active listening, shortlisting candidates, and asking good (and relevant) questions. The author also discusses some of the pitfalls (especially legal) of interviewing, which is extremely useful. I discounted the book one star for the illustrations, some of which are good, but several of which are confusing at best. The DK Essential Managers guides are an excellent and easily accessible resource, and I recommend them.

This book is great for anyone who is faced with having to hire or interview a potential employee. The book is short, but rather informative and gets straight to the point. The images are helpful as body language is demonstrated and the tools in the book offer quite a lot of information you can use.

This book helped me a lot in recruiting employees for my company: Tradewind Asia (Vietnam)