Interview skills

Mastering essential interviewing skills is one of the best ways to effectively recruit top talent; ensuring that you not only identify the best candidates but also create a positive and professional hiring experience that reflects well on your organisation.

This course is designed to provide participants with a comprehensive understanding of the recruitment and selection process. It covers essential interviewing techniques, legal considerations and strategies to ensure fair and effective hiring.

Through practical exercises and interactive sessions, attendees will develop the skills needed to conduct successful interviews and make informed hiring decisions.

What will you learn?

By the end of this course, participants will:

• Understand the complete recruitment and selection process.
• Be aware of the legal requirements necessary to conduct lawful, fair and effective interviews.
• Recognise and mitigate unconscious bias in the hiring process.
• Have enhanced their key interviewing skills: questioning, listening and body language interpretation skills.
• Know how to plan and execute interviews with confidence and professionalism.

Who is it for?

This course is ideal for hiring managers, HR professionals and anyone involved in the recruitment process who wants to improve their interviewing skills and make better hiring decisions.

Location and duration

This course lasts for one day and is delivered at the Aberdeen and Grampian Chamber of Commerce Training Hub by our approved expert trainers.

These sessions are also perfect for groups of staff that require the same training and can also be organised at your offices, or an external location of your choosing.

Complementary courses we would recommend:

1. Essential HR skills
2. Essential supervisory skills
3. Essential management skills

Download our training brochure below to find out more.