Finding a dedicated, hardworking and loyal employee is one of the biggest challenges that business owners face. The time and money that goes into bringing on new employees and training them can be thousands of dollars. Having a high turnover of workers in your company can also jeopardise your reputation as a boss.
Before you hire your next employee make sure you ask them these 5 crucial and creative questions in the interview:
What interests you in our company? Why us? : This will give you some insight in to whether they’ve researched your business and genuinely take an interest in the company they could be potentially working for.
Give us one example of when you made a mistake on the job and what you did to rectify the problem? : Everyone has made at least one mistake at work! If the person you’re interviewing can’t come up with an example and claim to have never made an error at work then perhaps their ego is coming out to play! Nobody likes a big-shot.
If you were at a restaurant and they bought you the wrong dish, what would you do? Would you speak to the waiter or the manager first? : This question may seem left field but the answer they give will say a lot. Speaking to the waiter first may imply that they are happy to move through the ranks and more likely to follow protocol whilst going directly to the manager may mean that they are a little hot headed and lack patience.
If you could write your dream job description what would it be? How much would you be getting paid? : You really do want to hire people that love their jobs and whose interests align with yours. This question lets the interviewee tell you in a creative way exactly what they want to be doing and what they want to get paid. On the other hand, be aware that some people will say whatever they have to in order to get the job, it’s up to you and your gut instinct as a business owner to detect them.
What are two positive and two negative things your last boss would say about you? : First of all, you’re going to find out the answer to this question when you call their last employer for feedback however, what you’re looking for here is does this person have insight into their good and bad qualities? Are they willing to grow in certain areas and if they are genuinely good at certain things are they able to acknowledge that?
Signing off!
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