Becoming a Great Job Interviewer

Ask only questions that are directly related to the candidates' ability to perform the tasks required of them — to do otherwise puts you at legal risk.

Evaluating your candidates

Wow! What a resume! What an interview! Would you be surprised to find out that this shining employee-to-be didn't really go to Yale? Or that he really wasn't the account manager on that nationwide marketing campaign? Or that his last supervisor wasn't particularly impressed with his skills?

A resume and interview are great tools, but a reference check is the best chance you have to find out whether your candidates are who they say they are before you make a hiring decision.