The key to success for any organization is its people. Getting the right people depends on how an organization recruits, and a fundamental element of the recruitment process is interviewing.

  As the business environment becomes more dynamic, organizations’ needs change, and so do the skills they require of their employees. Moreover, simply having the right skills does not guarantee that a candidate will benefit your organization. Today’s most creative and progressive recruiters recognize that understanding the aptitudes, attitudes, and motivations of their employees is essential to ensuring that the people they hire represent the best possible fit for current vacancies. As a result, those who conduct job interviews on behalf of their organizations not only hold the present, but also the future of their employer squarely in their hands. That is a big responsibility.

  The goal of Interviewing People is to guide you through the minefield of interviewing candidates: organizing interviews and other supplementary activities, helping you to ask the right questions, deciding which information sources you should consider in finding out who the person really is, and preparing the groundwork for successful partnerships between the new employees and your organization. The end result should be to make interviews rewarding for candidates and recruiters.