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Interviewing Skills Training For Hiring Managers

We successfully design and deliver Interviewer Training Courses in-house and online For Hiring Managers & Recruiters, both competency and value based interviewing. 

Interview Skills Clinic

Interview Skills Clinic was set up in 2013 and is a specialist interview training company. We successfully deliver Interviewer Training Courses to a variety of organisations with excellent feedback. Whether you are looking to train 10 or 200 Hiring Managers we can deliver excellent training delivered in-house or online. Additionally, we provide recruitment consultancy to help resolve staff attrition issues and can design recuitment and selection resources.

Our Interviewer Training Course

You can choose our provenly successful 1 day Interviewing Skills Course delivered in-house or online over two half-days. Or you might prefer our shorter 4 hour Interviewing Skills Course delivered in-house or online. There is an opportunity to adapt our  Interviewer Training Courses to your  business, recruitment process, participants and job roles.

Bespoke Interviewer Course

We can design a bespoke Interviewer Training Course designed to support your interviewing approach, whether this is blended, competency, strengh-based or value based interviewing. You might be changing your recruitment and selection approach and need to retrain your Hiring Managers to a new style of interviewing. The course can be delivered over 1 day in-house or online.

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Course Objectives

The objective of the course is to introduce interviewing and the role of the Interviewer and to instill best practice and training at each stage of the process: pre-interview, conducting the interview and post-interview. The course will improve both the effectiveness and consistency of interviews and enhance the confidence, interviewing skills and consistent approach of the Hiring Managers.

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Hiring Manger Learning Outcomes

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Understanding the background of a typical recruitment process, the role of the Hiring Manager in the wider process and knowing how interviews fit within the selection process..

Understand the different styles of interviewing & benefits: behaviour-competency, value, and strength-based interviewing.
Learning how to prepare for an interview, in a way that aligns with good recruitment practice and how to select suitable questions for the role and level.
Through a variety of exercises, learn interviewing skills and questioning techniques. Practical exercises will include role plays, including learning from each other as candidate, interviewer, and observer.
Active listening techniques.
Getting the best from different types of candidates and dealing with difficult situations.
Assessing a candidate’s non-verbal communication and the interviewer’s own body language.
Understanding how personal bias can filter our perceptions of others and influence our assessment of them.
How to collect and record evidence and why it is so important.
How to assess candidates’ strengths and weaknesses post interview.
Selecting the right individual and follow-up with both successful and unsuccessful candidates.

Interviewer Trainers

Georgina Kvassay

Georgina Kvassay is a recruitment and talent development specialist with 18 years experience leading talent strategies for KPMG UK and for their 140 member firms. Georgina leads Interviewer Training for Interview Skills Clinic both designing and delivering Interviewing Skills Training for Hiring Managers. Georgina is a great Trainer: professional, welcoming, engaging and skilled at giving constructive feedback.

Jane Gill

Jane Gill is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development and has been a VO and Board Director of HR for four organisations both global and in the UK. She has led value employee propositions and resourcing strategy and training programmes for one Europe’s largest merger and acquisitions in retail and telecoms. She is a highly experienced Interviewer Trainer.

Supporting Resouces

Recruitment & Selection Guide

At Interview Skills Clinic we appreciate that every organisation is different, whilst some have well established recruitment frameworks, questions and assessment guidance for Hiring Managers other organisations follow a more informal selection process. All our client receive our comprehensive Interviewer Training Guide (55 pages) which introduces best recruitment practices, including:

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Introduction to the recruitment process
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Introduction to different competency, and strength-based interviewing Interview preparation
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Active listening techniques
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Questioning: Types of questions and when to use them, including motivational questions
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Competency framework for common Behaviour Competencies
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Competency questions for core behaviour-competencies, what ‘good’ looks like and probing questions
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Body language and voice
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Candidate types and how to handle difficult candidates, assessment templates and scoring

Testimonials

Georgina Was Great

Georgina Was Great

I couldn't give a higher score, Georgina was great. Confident, engaing, relaxed and felt like she was completely in control
This Training Is Important

This Training Is Important

i think the discussions between colleagues within the interviewer training were very useful. I think this kind of training is important to standise processes and raise interviewing standards.
Unlocked Great Interviewing Tools

Unlocked Great Interviewing Tools

Really enjoyed it and it unlocked some great interviewing tools. A great balance of interaction and content.
Just Excellent

Just Excellent

Just excellent, hope we can do future courses and get the same Presenter
Everyone Could Contribute

Everyone Could Contribute

Fasciliated a great colloborative environment where everyone was able to contribute. There was never a wrong answer. So understanding about role play nerves and I had plenty!
All Aspects Helpful

All Aspects Helpful

Found all aspect helpful, we had various levels of interviewing experience within the group and it was useful to hear different perspectives of each individual. Georgina facilitated a great collaborative environment where everyone was able to contribute.
So Valuable

So Valuable

This training is so valuable, I wish we had it at the beginning of the year!
For Every Hiring Manager

For Every Hiring Manager

I think we should have this as an accreditation for all Hiring Managers so we have a pool of experts to utulise locally.
Fantastic Training

Fantastic Training

Fantastic Training. Every people leader should attend.

Interviewing Skills Course

Consistent Interviewing Skills For Hiring Managers

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Emily Stroud on September 24, 2024 at 11:06 am

Coaching with Claire Hodgson was the best decision I made to kick start my career. Warm and approachable and also punchy, she challenged me to improve much more than I believed I was capable of, and then built up my confidence to perform optimally at interview. I know I would not have got my dream job in the Civil Service without her help. She’s a great coach, so do not waste another second thinking about hiring her. Do it. If you want the job, she is the key to get you through the door.

Jon on September 04, 2024 at 11:40 am

I highly recommend Elizabeth and the interview skills clinic. Elizabeth helped me prepare for an interview for a Civil Service Grade 6 role and the three sessions gave me the confidence and skills needed to get the job. As someone who has struggled with interviews in the past I now have the skills to confidently tackle senior Civil Service interviews for the years to come. Elizabeth has a complete understanding the civil service behaviours and interview format so it felt like getting insider knowledge which proved to be essential. Thanks again to Elizabeth and the team.

Ivana on March 25, 2024 at 08:43 am

Elizabeth is an outstanding interview coach whom I highly recommend. Her sessions helped me overcome insecurities as a non-native speaker working in higher education, boosting my confidence and highlighting my skills and abilities. Elizabeth’s calm and kind attitude helped me to stay grounded, but also guided me back to my strengths when I felt lost during the interview, ultimately leading to the attainment of my dream job. I am immensely grateful for her support and look forward to future collaborations.

Sonal on February 22, 2024 at 13:04 pm

Elizabeth is a very supportive coach. I was applying for a Business Analyst role and within an hour of a second interview I was called back by the company to let me know that they really liked me and offered me the job. I thought I knew how to use the STAR approach before but Elizabeth has a unique interpretation of it and I was complimented on my response. What really helped me was the way she broke the STAR up for me in a way which was relevant to the role and sector I was going for. My interview felt much more like a conversation. I learnt a lot and feel so much more confident in interviews

Aashna on February 20, 2024 at 12:50 pm

After five years abroad,I decided to re enter the London job market. Having used Elizabeth's services before, I did not hesitate to contact her again. With her guidance and support I was successful in getting offers from multiple companies. Elizabeth is sincere and cares about her clients and their job satisfaction beyond the remit of her role as an interview coach, her many years of experience give her a discerning eye and she can predict in a very short space of time what her clients need and how to get them from A to B. I would recommend her wholeheartedly. She also goes out of her way to make time for her clients and is very punctual and organised.

Alexia on February 11, 2024 at 16:38 pm

Interview coaching with Matt was exactly what I needed. My skills were rusty and I'd lost confidence. I really liked Matt's direct but supportive approach. I was out of my comfort zone during the sessions (which was good!) but through practice my confidence grew and learning took place. I now have an excellent structure to work with for future interviews. I'm very grateful for Matt's help. Thank you.

Kris on January 30, 2024 at 12:43 pm

I was feeling insecure in my communication skills when I met with Elizabeth for a mock interview. Her knowledge paired with her straightforward approach meant that in one hour we had covered a number of actionable insights that instantly boosted my confidence. I walked into the interview with a clear plan (and renewed belief in my competence) and dare I say I even enjoyed it! Thank you for doing what you do!

Yasmin on January 21, 2024 at 22:50 pm

Matthew has been incredibly supportive and helpful throughout my application process (on multiple occasions. With his support, I was able to land my first civil service role. He put a lot of effort and enthusiasm into every session. His techniques were incredibly helpful and I have learnt skills that I will continue to use throughout my career. Couldn’t recommend more.

Develyn on January 17, 2024 at 14:00 pm

Elizabeth is a fabulous coach. Following her coaching, I had two coaching sessions I got a senior programme manager role in the Civil Service, it was a very complex role. I offered the job and I was told my interview was excellent!! Elizabeth gave me such detailed and insghtful feedabck I was able to reshape all my Behaviour answers and went into the interview feeling much more confident. Thank you Elizabeth

Thomas on January 13, 2024 at 13:13 pm

Elizabeth's coaching made a huge difference. I was struggling with getting a permanent role at the University despite knowing I had all the experience I needed. The interview was challenging with lots of situational questionsand I didn't know where I was going wrong. Elizabeth was able to demonstrate how to rephase my answers in a way which the Interviewers wanted. We had two coaching sessions and her advice was invaluable, the interview went exceptionally well and I got the job. Thank you so much for your time and support.

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