How to Become a Skillful Interviewer (Worksmart Series) [Paperback]

Randi Toler Sachs (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 8, 1994 | Series: Worksmart Series

This guide helps readers master basic interviewing skills, including how to: assess their interviewing style and identify subconscious influences; set an agenda that keeps the interview proceeding on track; get all the answers they need from job applicants, even on tough questions; listen effectively for hidden meanings; avoid discriminatory interviewing; and conduct group and follow-up interviews. The book includes tests, fill-ins, checklists and examples of good interviewing questions. Randi Toler Sachs is the author of "Productive Performance Appraisals".

Product Details

• Paperback: 80 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (June 8, 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 081447831X
• ISBN-13: 978-0814478318
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 7 x 0.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.5 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,936,526 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great advice for getting the info you want in an interview!, June 17, 2000

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This review is from: How to Become a Skillful Interviewer (Worksmart Series) (Paperback)

As a successful, self-taught business owner and entreprenuer for over 20 years, I have read them all and this simple book, that can be read in a matter of hours, has some of the finest insights around. It's easy. It's simple. Author Sachs gives examples of what to ask, what not to ask, and the way to word the question to get the best answer. I have owned this book for five years and continually refer to it for a refresher, give it my managers to read before they interview and recommend it to friends. You can spend a lot more money, but I have yet to find a nuts and bolts book that's any better.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Rudimentary and generic, December 12, 2002

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This review is from: How to Become a Skillful Interviewer (Worksmart Series) (Paperback)

There are many more comprehensive books available, this book wasn't even useful as a "quick brushup" or as an initial primer because it was so generic. Also, too much time is spent on really minor things - one sentance would have sufficed rather than several pages on how a messy office versus a clean office makes a different impression on the interviewee. Fleshing out how to ask useful and incisive interview questions and how to identify warning flags would have been much more useful.

I've been very impressed with "Hiring the Best: A Manager's Guide to Effective Interviewing", and both newbie as well as experienced interviewers in my team have greatly benefited from it.