Social Service Manager Mock Interview
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Question 12 of 30
What factors do you consider when making hiring decisions?
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Shelley Story is a coach and higher education administrator with 25 years of experience. She has designed multi-day, on-site interview processes and has conducted thousands of interviews and mock interviews with college students and recent grads.
The interviewer wants to know how you choose your team and what you look for in an ideal employee. This question offers many opportunities to give the interviewer a better sense of who you are as a professional through the characteristics you choose for your team.
Shelley Story is a coach and higher education administrator with 25 years of experience. She has designed multi-day, on-site interview processes and has conducted thousands of interviews and mock interviews with college students and recent grads.
Do not say you base hiring decisions on any impermissible factors, such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and other identity-based characteristics. Demonstrate that you know how to evaluate candidates fairly and how to build a diverse team with a variety of strengths.
Shelley Story is a coach and higher education administrator with 25 years of experience. She has designed multi-day, on-site interview processes and has conducted thousands of interviews and mock interviews with college students and recent grads.
"Among the candidates who meet the minimum qualifications for the position, I look for someone whose presence on the team will make us stronger by diversifying our skill sets and perspectives. When working with the public, we must be able to understand and empathize with all constituents, and the more diverse our team, the more likely we are to be able to identify with any given sector of the public. I also look for high energy, willingness to pitch in on something that is not strictly their responsibility, and ability to maintain healthy boundaries."
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