3 Steps to Identifying Learned and Inherent Traits in Candidates

Finding the right candidates for your positions doesn’t have to be a stab in the dark. Using application screening questions you can zero in on the right candidates with uncanny accuracy. But how do you know which questions you should and shouldn’t ask?

Ask the wrong questions and you could unwittingly filter out good quality candidates- potentially allowing them to fall into the hands of your competitors. Worst of all, you absolutely don’t want to filter out a candidate for skills you can teach- and that they can learn. Much more useful is testing for their ability and openness to learn.

And therein lies the issue- asking a candidate to show you how they learn, as opposed to what they know is infinitely more challenging. 

One way to ask candidates to show their working out is to use data to identify the key success criteria for your roles.  Then you can ensure that the right candidates make it through your online application process to interview stage. Here are our three steps to doing just that: