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The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person [Paperback]

John Kador (Author)
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March 1, 1997
The Manager's Book of Questions is the first of its kind tool for recruitment managers and executives a powerhouse of terrific interview questions for hiring top-notch talent for any job. Is the applicant a team player? How does the applicant handle stress? Can the applicant think on his or her feet? How do you determine aggressiveness in sales people or creativity in a product designer? You find hundreds of questions on these and many more topics to make your interviews more productive and give you the ammunition you need to make a smart decision. For anyone who does any hiring, regardless, of level, this is the "must-have" guide.

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Choosing someone to fill a job vacancy is one of any manager's most important responsibilities. The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Right Person, by journalist John Kador, contains a wide assortment of carefully worded queries that help make the process more effective. Logically organized by topics such as work history, motivation, teamwork, and skill assessment, it also includes favorite questions of top recruiters and personal questions that should never be asked.

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You're a half hour into the interview and you still don't know who's on the other side of the desk. You've asked your "tough" questions and gotten answers you've heard in one form or another, many times before. You still haven't a clue whether this candidate is right for the job, and you have 15 minutes until the interview is over. What you need is The Manager's Book of Questions...751 powerful, penetrating questions that get you beyond the pat answers to the person behind the resume.

Organized by topic, this book gives you hundreds of questions to make your interviews more productive:

  • Is the applicant a team player? (35 teamwork questions)
  • How does the candidate react to stress? (25 stress-management questions)
  • Is the applicant able to field the unexpected? (25 questions to test how well candidates think on their feet)
  • Does the applicant really want the job? (25 questions to determine motivation)
  • Plus over 250 questions for assessing specific skillsets
  • 100 questions to determine fit
  • 25 ice-breaking questions
  • And so much more

Are you looking for creative thinkers? Innovators? Leaders? Agressive sales people? Just open this book and find hundreds of great questions you can ask today. Peppered throughout this packed book are the favorite questions of recruiters at leading Fortune 500 companies--an arsenal of expertise that will upgrade your skills as an interviewer.

Special "Top Ten" lists include the top ten best interview questions, the top ten toughest interview questions, and the top ten worst or illegal questions. Make the most out of your valuable interview time and get the information you need for a smart decision. For anyone who does any hiring, regardless of level, this is the "must-have" guide.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 224 pages
  • Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 1 edition (March 1, 1997)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 007034311X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0070343115
  • Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 0.7 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,528,708 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

John's latest book is Effective Apology: Mending Fences, Building Bridges, and Restoring Trust. Learn more at www.effectiveapology.com


John is an author, consultant, and speaker who acts as if every word is a moral choice. His work centers on identifying and describing best practices in leadership and promoting the highest standards of personal accountability, humility, and transparency. This book, which describes the benefits that leaders accrue when they embrace apology rather than shy from it, is squarely in that tradition. His personal credo is that different is not always better, but better is always different.

He is the author of over 10 books, including Charles Schwab: How One Company Beat Wall Street and Reinvented the Brokerage Industry , 50 High-Impact Speeches & Remarks: Proven Words You Can Adapt for Any Business Occasion, and the NY Times bestseller Net Ready: Strategies for Success in the E-conomy (with Amir Hartman and John Sifonis). His career books include The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Questions for Hiring the Best Person, How to Ace the Brainteaser Job Interview, and 201 Best Questions to Ask On Your Interview. As a corporate ghostwriter, John has distinguished himself as a writing partner to a number of Fortune 1000 executives who credit him for his willingness to embrace the hectic and unpredictable schedules of busy executives.

John began his writing career in Washington DC at a high-tech advertising and public relations agency. For the past 30 years he has been the principal of Kador Communications, providing editorial assistance to dozens of corporate and media clients. John's insights have been featured in more than one hundred magazines and newspapers, including The Chicago Tribune, Computerworld, Working Women, and Business to Business. John has columns in Chief Executive, Registered Rep, and Human Resources Executive.

John holds a master's degree in public relations from The American University and an undergraduate degree from Duke University. John was born in Budapest, Hungary. He came to the U.S. when he was six and settled with his family in New York City. John currently lives in Winfield, Pennsylvania, with his wife, Anna Beth Payne, a psychologist at a university counseling center. He has two children, Dan, a software engineer in San Francisco, and Rachel, an undergraduate at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. When he isn't working, he likes to fence, a sport which he has practiced since high school.

To inquire about having John speak about apology at your event or if you have questions about any of his writing services, email him. John welcomes your questions and suggestions about effective apology at www.effectiveapology.com.

 

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30 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great questions., February 29, 2000
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This review is from: The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person (Paperback)
When I purchased this book, I was looking for a wide variety of interview questions to ask on phone interviews. There are some good questions in this book.

The questions fall into the following categories:

25 Questions to Get the Ball Rolling.

50 Questions on the Candidate's Work History.

100 Questions to Determine Fit.

25 Questions to Determine Motivation.

25 Background Questions.

25 Teamwork Questions.

25 Stress Questions.

25 Thoughtful Questions.

25 Questions about Money.

251 Questions for Specific Diciplines.

25 Questions to Close the Interview.

25 Questions to Help Identify Applicatns Who May Be Disgruntled or Prone to Violence.

50 Questions the Interviewer Should Expect to Be Asked.

Top 10 Off the Wall Questions

Top 10 Questions for Entry Level Candidates

My favorites are the off the Wall Questions. For instance, "Give me 3 reasons that manhole covers are round." I was asked this when I was interviewing one time, and it really made me think.

If you are looking for a source of general non technical interview questions then would be a good book for you. If you are looking for more technical questions, then you will probably want to get a different book.

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23 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars For me this is a great resource!, June 12, 2000
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This review is from: The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person (Paperback)
Here is the one that convinced me that I would like this book. It's from Chapter 7 ("Can you take the heat?") on page 84.

"Q. When you've had a really GOOD day at work and you go home and kick back and you feel satisfied, what was it about that day that made you feel really good?

"Q.When you have had a really BAD day at work and you go home and feel upset, what was it about that day that made you feel really upset?

"A. In answer to the first question, technical people will offer as a reason for a really good day the solution of a really juicy technical problem. A bad day for them is often when they had to deal with other people. This is important information, because the jobs I'm staffing are people jobs. These are very effective questions in distinguishing candidates who may be great technicians but who would be uncomfortable dealing with people to the extend the job requires."

This is an excellent book. I have read a number of other articles and books on interviewing, and I have come across many of the questions in the book, in one form or another. As far as I am concerned, that validates the content of the questions.

The background, however, (the "answers," if you will) is somewhat scant. I didnt feel like I needed it. But I wonder if this were my first book whether or not I would have liked it as much. The author explains the lack of "answers" in the Introduction and his explanation is acceptable.

So here it is, 751 great questions you can pick from!

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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent For What It's Designed To Do, March 10, 2003
This review is from: The Manager's Book of Questions: 751 Great Interview Questions for Hiring the Best Person (Paperback)
THE MANAGER'S BOOK OF QUESTIONS is an invaluable resource for developing an in-depth, probing but fair, job interview. It provides questions in a variety of categories designed to assist the employer/manager/supervisor to identify the most qualified applicant and the "best fit" for the position. Questions are organized into sections for the purpose of determining a variety of employee characteristics and attributes. For example, some of the sections help identify motivation, the applicant's concept of teamwork, their ability to handle stress, and to think quickly. Other questions explore background, past work history, and salary expectations.

I recently was given a very short timeline to interview applicants for three different positions without having any previous questions available. I used THE MANAGER'S BOOK OF QUESTIONS as the basis for interviews for each of the three positions. There was enough variety in the questions so each interview was customized to fit the needs of each position. It gave me confidence to ask professional and relevant questions and some of the interviewees even commented about how tough but fair the questions were.

After using THE MANAGER'S BOOK OF QUESTIONS and experiencing success first-hand, I highly recommend it for anyone serious about conducting quality job interviews.

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