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4 Interview Questions You Should Be Asking

by Henry Glickel | Category: Article

Posted on June 25, 2019 at 08:05:33 PM



Getting to truly know a candidate during an interview can be a daunting process.   Hiring as a whole can set a business back or move it forward just by making the best hires. People are your most valuable asset, and working to find, hire and retain the best people to meet your needs takes true commitment. Interviews are more than a get to know you process, they are a process to better understand work ethic, skills and how specific candidates may or may not fit in a company’s culture.   We’ve outlined four questions you should be asking in an interview to fully gain an understanding of each candidate for hire.   Question: Describe your ideal work environment. This question tells you a candidate’s ideal company culture. If it doesn’t fit your client’s, it’s time to move on to the next person. Some candidates may be looking for a small office environment, while others a corporate setting. Each of these varies significantly, understanding...


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How Should You Answer THAT question

by Henry Glickel | Category: Article

Posted on June 5, 2019 at 04:30:44 PM



Over the years, we’ve conducted thousands of job interviews, coached hundreds of clients on how to succeed in interviews and followed up to debrief after. With our years of experience, we’ve gathered some ideas of what questions are most asked and what questioned are most hated by candidates in interviews. Often throughout an interview, there is a series of “negative” or “odd” questions asked and it is often hard to turn those negative questions into positive answers. For example – when asked, “wherein the past have to had troubles at work?” --- answering straight forward may dig yourself into a hold that never leads to a job offer. But, there are ways to overcome the negative posed questions into positive conversations that answer the question but don’t directly impact you negatively.  We’ve taken some time to outline a few of those odd interview questions that could be asked in your next interview and how to answer...


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Myths About Compensation in Small Businesses

by Paul Alvarez | Category: Article

Posted on May 27, 2019 at 04:21:30 PM



The business world is ever-changing and like everything else, the ways compensation is thought about, pursued, completed and discussed among employers and employees alike changes too.  Talking about money during a job interview is something that makes most of us more nervous than it should. We usually avoid it, assume that we’re all on the same page, or just take whatever is offered and never work through any salary negotiations. But none of these are the best strategy! Salary negotiation is an important part of the job interview process and can benefit all parties when done correctly. Here are a few myths to help easy the stress of money conversations: Myth: Hush hush is the way to keep everyone happy. Fact: Ten years ago keeping salaries kept quiet and completely a personal matter with no discussion among fellow employees was appropriate in the workplace, but today, it’s changed. Today employees not only often share with other coworkers their salary...


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