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5. Behavioral Interview Questions
Writing questions that prompt candidates to describe past behaviors and results relevant to the role.
Recruiting Fundamentals: Sourcing, Screening, Structured Interviews, and Scorecards
Behavioral Interview Questions
Questions that ask candidates to describe specific past actions and outcomes to predict future on-the-job behavior.
"I need to know how they actually handle challenges, not what they think they would do."
Behavioral interview questions ask candidates to recount concrete past situations, the actions they took, and measurable results, because past behavior is the best predictor of future performance.
"I need to know how they actually handle challenges, not what they think they would do."
Behavioral interview questions ask candidates to recount concrete past situations, the actions they took, and measurable results, because past behavior is the best predictor of future performance.