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

by John Kador

Book Overview

How do you find the best candidate for any job? Know what questions to ask. To hire the right talent -- the most vital contribution a manager can make to a company -- it's crucial to learn if a... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 007034311X
• ISBN13: 9780070343115
• Release Date: March 1997
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
• Length: 198 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Excellent For What It's Designed To Do

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.

When it's your turn to ask the questions

If you liked the Manager's Book of Questions, you might want to check out a sequel: 201 Best Questions to Ask on Your Interview. At some point in the interview, the interviewer will ask you if you have any questions. If you don't, you may as well kiss the job goodbye. Interviewers these days evaluate you as much by the questions you ask as the answers you give. So this book provides some of the proven questions that you can ask to show that you are rady to add value to the company from Day One.

For me this is a great resource!

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!

Great questions.

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 QuestionsTop 10 Questions for Entry Level CandidatesMy 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.