James Smith said: I learned something two days ago about interviews that has never occurred to me. when our office manager was discussing a new cook interview with a member who owns restaurants, he told her he could hold a second interview with the candidates if she likes. he said they went to a three interview process because it is too easy for one person to like the candidate right off bat and miss small things. lots of times their interviews are one behind the other meaning the three managers are set up waiting for the other to finish and then they have a quick meeting discuss what they see.
I know Superintendents like to hire their own people but maybe something like this with our Assistants would actually help us weed out potential bad apples. it can serve another purpose in helping train our Assistants for this process also. I know I have hired people in the past where I have scratched my head and wondered why. a second opinion might of helped.
We actually do this for our full time staff positions, our city HR staff member, the superintendent, and our supervisor sit in on interviews. Interviewees are all asked the same questions, scored, and then I as the hiring supervisor will interview the top 3 scoring candidates on a second interview, and we can see how well they fit in with our current staff. Last time there was a superintendent position open, we had 5 people in the interview, an HR person, golf pro at the course, the superintendent's supervisor (operations director), the assistant park's director for operations, and the assistant park's director who oversees the pro's. (we do have 3 courses, and our maintenance and clubhouse operations are overseen by different parts of the department, sometimes that's good, and other times it's not.)
I think that's a great idea for the assistant to sit in.....that is if we had one.
Thanks!
Mel