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Interviewing Skills Training Course

Our Interviewing Skills training course is delivered as an online virtual open course. We can also deliver the course in-house just for your business as an in-person course or a live virtual online course.

Interviewing Skills Course Highlights

Here’s some quick information about our Interviewing Skills course:

  • 1-day training course delivered online
  • Delivered anywhere in Ireland as an in-house course
  • Booking is easy. Just select a location, a date and hit Book Now!

Course Overview

Course Aim

This Interviewing Skills Training Course will show you the skills and approaches necessary to plan for and carry out an effective interview, ensuring you get the right person every time.

Failings in the recruitment and selection process can do serious damage. On average, it costs around 6 months salary of the role to recruit and train the right person for each role in the business and having to re-spend this because the wrong person has been picked will be very costly.

Course Objectives

By attending this Interviewing Skills training course, you will:

  • Know what the required skills are to carry out an effective interview
  • Be able to plan and prepare for an interview
  • Be able to give the right first impression to candidates
  • Know what questions to ask and how to record the answers
  • Understand what to avoid asking during the interview
  • Know how to choose the right person for the job

Course Content

What is the purpose of an Interview?
  • Why do organisations spend time interviewing people?
Preparation
  • Agreeing success criteria and what you want from candidates
  • Writing interview questions
  • Interview Logistics
The Interview
  • Meeting and Greeting the candidate
  • Making the candidate feel at ease
  • Asking questions and probing further
  • Effective communication during the interview
  • Listening and recording accurate information
What you can and can’t ask
  • Legislation covering hiring staff
  • What you can ask, should avoid asking and never ask
Choosing the right candidate
  • How to come to a conclusion when picking the right person
Skills Practice
  • An opportunity to carry out some mock interviews

Download the Course Brochure

Download a copy of our Interviewing Skills training course brochure below.

Download Interviewing Skills Course Brochure

Our Approach

No PowerPoint

Yes, you read that right! We’ve removed PowerPoint from our in-person training courses. Instead we use more creative ways to deliver content and generate discussion.

Always Interactive

No matter how you attend, our courses are interactive and designed specifically for the delivery method being used.

Practical Tools

We minimise theory and focus on practical tools you can take away and use immediately in the workplace.

Clear Pricing

Transparent pricing for open courses and clear all-inclusive quotes for in-house and bespoke work.

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