Conducting an interview, interview questions

Conducting an interview is a planned and fairly structured dialogue between 2 or more people and asking the right questions is vital to the process of finding the right fit for the job. Qualifications, skills and body language are certainly not to be overlooked, but the real talent lies in the candidates interpersonal skills and his/her emotional intelligence.
Below are some examples of questions that refer to these “soft skills”. Listen very carefully to the answers of the candidate. Rank the importance of each skill and match with candidates answer.

FLEXIBILITY
“How do you deal with change?”

“ Do you prefer routine or new assignments?”

“What is your opinion on routine work?”

ACTION ORIENTATED

“ Do you think more than you do or do you do more than you think?”

DEGREE OF ASSERTIVENESS

“How do you achieve something you want to achieve?”

“ What is more important to you: Assertiveness or Compromise?”