Event / Interviewing Skills (including giving feedback to support unsuccessful candidates)

Wednesday 13th July 2022 (PM)

13:15 - 16:15 - virtually via Zoom

** Please note - this event is limited to 10 places **

The recent NEY Equality Diversity and Inclusion Reciprocal Mentoring programme identified that receiving really great feedback following unsuccessful interviews would be one of the most effective ways to help candidates be successful in the future.  HFMA Northern Branch is delighted to support this agenda with our new course presented by ever popular Kevin Meaney of New Tricks.

This half day course will give you the skills to help you set up your interviews and design your questions to ensure that you always get the best candidate for the role, and to help you sharpen your interview practice with hints and tips that will apply across all organisations regardless of the organisations recruitment practices. 

It will also help ensure that your organisation is seen to be actively supportive of all our colleagues and is genuinely a great place to work, attracting the best people to work there.

This course is aimed at anyone who is likely to need to interview in the NHS.

The aim of the session is to enable managers to effectively interview and then deliver high quality feedback to candidates.

This, in turn, will provide development opportunities for both candidates and interviewers and will demonstrate the organisation is taking steps to support the core values on inclusive recruitment in the NHS.

Course content

Why interview?

* Background to the aims of effective interviews
* The interview Feedback Best Practice Guide – The 7 Pillars

Competency based interviews

* A guide to designing great questions
* Ensuring the questions reflect the core values
* Testing the candidates and recording responses
* Using the STAR method for encouraging participation
   * Recording the facts

Unconscious bias

* Underlying attitudes and stereotypes that interviewers unconsciously attribute to another person
* How unconscious bias can affect how interviewers understand and engage with people.
* Reflecting on previous experience
* Remaining objective

Preparing to give feedback

* How to prepare the candidate for feedback prior to the session
   * Collating evidence and structuring your report
* Ensuring feedback is linked to the job description and person specification
* Being honest while being constructive
*  Leaving candidates feeling valued even if they have not been offered a position

Skills Practice

* Using the BEAR model to effectively give feedback and develop new skills

If you have any queries please contact [email protected]