For most people, the only thing more painful than being interviewed is actually conducting the interview.
Most executive interviewers come to the task unequipped, unprepared, and unenthusiastic.
Last spring, an HR discussion group on the Internet identified 15 all-time favorite interview questions. Byham dismisses them as meaningless, inappropriate, or illegal. Productive interview questions, Byham argues, are narrowly defined and well-crafted. They focus on probing for the specific behavioral attributes that define successful employees. Psychologist John Seres, a principal of Chicago-based Sadler and Associates, has a different point of view.