Weinstein Supply Interviewing Survey Results


Results In a nutshell:
91% of you indicated that you conduct "face-to-face" interviews!
When you interview, 63% of you ask a standard set of questions of each candidate, but only 37.5% of you have each candidate meet with more than one member of your team.

What the results tell us:
Interviewing potential candidates is important to you, but results show that you could get more out of your valuable interviewing time by using some industry best-practices.

Full survey and the results

We asked you:
Do you conduct a formal interview (meet them face-to-face) for all new employees?


You answered:
91% of you always conduct interview – that’s fantastic!


Frequency Analysis
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
1. Always 10 90.91%
2. Sometimes 0 0.00%
3. Rarely 0 0.00%
4. Never 1 9.09%
Total 11 100%

We asked you:
If you conduct formal interviews, do you ask a standard set of questions?


You answered:
62.50% of you use a standard set of questions.
Chart 1

We asked you:
If you conduct formal interviews, do you have the candidate interview with other members of your team?


You answered:
Only 37.50% of you always make sure that each candidate meets with at least two people on your existing team.
Chart 2

We asked you:
If you do not conduct formal interviews, do you have any other interview process? (Check all that apply)


You answered:
Based on the number of the responses, results indicate that some respondents to this question actually do conduct interviews.
Frequency Analysis
Answer Count Percent
20% 40% 60% 80% 100%
1. We interview over the phone 1 5.88%
2. We have candidates fill out an application prior to interviewing 3 17.65%
3. We use an outside consultant to interview/screen 3 17.65%
4. We use written tests 2 11.76%
5. We interview for specific technical capabilities 3 17.65%
6. None of the above 5 29.41%
Total 17 100%