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#Up front open up possibility of gaining insight if candidate was excited - by seeing how much communication occurred between candidate and referee. | |||
#Describe position, describe vision. Tell them what person will be doing. Tell them what my expectations are. This is different than before - would the candidate handle it? | #Describe position, describe vision. Tell them what person will be doing. Tell them what my expectations are. This is different than before - would the candidate handle it? | ||
#Conflict doesn't end up on my lap. | #Conflict doesn't end up on my lap. | ||
#How many different balls can they juggle? Multiple budgets, projects, timeframes? Engineer, farmer, and general contractor. Straight up - X will be doing x,y,z? Can she do it. | #How many different balls can they juggle? Multiple budgets, projects, timeframes? Engineer, farmer, and general contractor. Straight up - X will be doing x,y,z? Can she do it. | ||
Revision as of 23:14, 21 March 2013
Referee
- What was your relationship to the candidate?
- Were you their direct supervisor?
- How would you describe your relationship - friend, subordinate, worker, superior,
- With conflict, will it bump up to me?
Work
- How would you rate the quality of their work?
- Were you happy with their work?
- Would you rate the person as one of the best, average, or below average for the position they were in?
General Qualities
- Timely?
- Does the person want to take credit or give credit?
Problems
- What are the work habits of the candidate? Team/own way, , early/late, self-study vs group learner
- What problems has the person caused, bad habits?
Conflict Resolution
- Tell me an example of mushroom cloud - and how they handled
- Were they in charge of mediating conflicts with others? How did they handle them?
- Casually lead into getting mad. Future pace it: Assuming that they got mad, how did they handle it?
Main Points
- Up front open up possibility of gaining insight if candidate was excited - by seeing how much communication occurred between candidate and referee.
- Describe position, describe vision. Tell them what person will be doing. Tell them what my expectations are. This is different than before - would the candidate handle it?
- Conflict doesn't end up on my lap.
- How many different balls can they juggle? Multiple budgets, projects, timeframes? Engineer, farmer, and general contractor. Straight up - X will be doing x,y,z? Can she do it.