5 Creative Questions to Ask While Interviewing Potential Employees The Journey

We’ve all sat across the table from a prospective employer and heard those tried and true questions: “What is your greatest strength and weakness?” Or, “Why are you leaving your current role?”. For those wanting to get the job, it’s easier than ever to research the best responses to these questions. There are countless blog posts or YouTube videos detailing the best answers, tips, and tricks to be better at job interviews. However, as a hiring manager, maybe your interviewing skills need improvement as well. If candidates are coming to the interview better prepared, you should be too. There are creative questions out there that will not only keep the interview process interesting for you and the candidate but also reveal an aspect of your potential new employee’s personality that would typically go unexplored. Move away from the typical, “Where do you see yourself in five years?” and take a look at some creative alternatives to the standard job questions that just might lead you to discover your next rockstar employee. //Creative Commons Attribution Licence video (Reuse allowed)