The Structured Interview Kit

Almost everyone believes they are good at interviewing. Decades of selection research says almost no one is, and that the difference between a useful interview and a pleasant conversation is not talent but structure. This kit is that structure, assembled so you can run it on Monday.

You get a four-question job analysis that takes half an hour and prevents most bad hires before a question is written, a bank of behavioural and situational questions across seven competencies, anchored rating scales with worked examples, a printable interview guide and scoring sheet, and a calibration meeting agenda designed to survive office politics. The last section covers the six rating errors that appear in careful, well-meaning interviewers, and the specific process step that constrains each one.

It is written for HR managers, recruiters, hiring managers and business owners who make hiring decisions without a selection specialist in the room.

What it is not: a validated psychometric instrument. It carries no norms and no scoring key derived from a sample, and it says so plainly inside. Where a decision needs measured cognitive ability or personality, use a licensed instrument from its publisher. This kit makes the interview itself defensible, which is the part most organisations leave to chance.

16 pages, A4, formatted for printing. Delivered as a PDF immediately after payment.