Determine mandatory competencies , those you must have and therefore need to hire for, and those competencies you can develop. The competencies you must have in a candidate will become the foundation for interviewing and selection. This step involves planning the interview process and developing interview questions for all mandatory competencies. Part of planning the interview process involves choosing and preparing for individual or team interviews. Each approach has pros and cons.
Individual interviews consist of one interviewer and one candidate at a time.
Team interviews involve multiple interviewers with one candidate. The next part of planning the interview is to design directing and probing questions to assess candidates against the mandatory competencies for a position. Directing questions set a direction for a portion of the interview and are designed to assess specific competencies. Typically, they are used to ask a person to describe an actual past situation. Probing questions dig deeper and elicit details.