The purpose of Interviewing Strategies is to provide CU Boulder staff, faculty, hiring managers, and hiring committees with the skills needed to interview candidates effectively and equitably.

I recently spoke to a candidate about the hiring process at another company. She described fielding endless questions and meeting a ton of people over the course of one week. She did not describe ...

As an executive recruiter with over 20 years of experience, I have interviewed at least 10,000 candidates. A big part of my success as a recruiter is being highly skilled at interviewing and teaching ...

It doesn’t matter how many interviews you've attended throughout your career, when you’re given the opportunity to interview for a role you really want, your nerves can creep up on you. After all, ...

People interviewing for jobs today often fail because they are using yesterday's strategies. Recruiting technology has become more sophisticated, and the best employers are constantly changing the way ...

Landing your dream job often feels like a skill entirely separate from actually doing the job. You can be the most qualified candidate on paper, yet the interview process itself can be a significant ...

Executives often approach interviews like board meetings: Prepared, polished, and focused on delivering a strong performance. But that approach overlooks a critical truth. Each person in the interview ...

We all think we know how to carry on our side of a two-way business conversation, but we can get much fuller and more-accurate information if we pay careful attention to strategies of effective ...

Dear Recruiting … I’ve used behavioral interviewing. It seems to work pretty well, so long as the interviewer probes a bit. But maybe I’m peculiar. I figure that if an interviewee can make it up well ...