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Peer interviewing \u2013 where coworkers interview potential new hires \u2013 offers you the chance to create a great team. In peer interviewing, members of a work group help choose new employees. Traditionally, employers relied on supervisors to screen candidates. But, nowadays, supervisors, peers and even subordinates may take part in the interview process. Peer interviewing can be a valuable interview technique, under the right circumstances.<\/p>\n
Six tips for peer interviewing<\/strong> Peer interviews can go a long way toward helping a new team gel. But keep in mind that your employees may sometimes be hesitant to recommend a peer with superior skills, out of fear for their own jobs. Have potential hires interview with a variety of people<\/span>, so that you get a well-rounded view of each job candidate.<\/p>\n Related to peer interviewing Peer interviewing \u0096 where coworkers interview potential new hires \u0096 offers you the chance to create a great team. In peer interviewing, members of a work group help choose new employees.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,164],"tags":[154],"class_list":["post-2583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hr-advice","category-interviewing-techniques","tag-interviewing-techniques"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2583"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9935,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2583\/revisions\/9935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bcjobs.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. Choose a variety of team members<\/strong>. New hires, veteran employees, young staffers, long-in-the-tooth professionals, men, women, peers, subordinates, senior staff and even employees from other departments can help you round out the mix.
\n2. Keep the interview results quiet<\/strong>. Remind staff not to share their interview experiences with people<\/span> who\u2019ve yet to meet the candidate. Otherwise, you may end up with bias \u2013 and there\u2019s enough of that to manage anyway.
\n3. Consider using panel-style interviewing<\/strong>, so that the candidate isn\u2019t hammered with redundant questions. The approach can also help to prevent \u201cI don\u2019t know answers\u201d from your own staff.
\n4. Weigh recommendations as you see fit<\/strong>. Even though you\u2019re using a peer interviewing style, you need not weigh each interviewer\u2019s opinion the same way. (www.voiceofsap.org<\/a>) If HR and senior staff will have the final say, let your employees know.
\n5. Coach your employees<\/strong>, so that they remember not to disclose sensitive information. Give guidance for dealing with questions that address items that fall under non-disclosure statements. Sometimes it\u2019s helpful to have a senior staff member in the room to handle these questions.
\n6. Remind staff about hiring procedures<\/strong>. Some may not be aware that their curiousity about a new hire may lead to illegal questions. A few reminders about topics to avoid (such as \u201cAre you married?\u201d) can help your staff get to know a new hire without treading in troublesome territory.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Avoiding interview pitfalls<\/a>
\n\u2022 Interviewing potential employees<\/a>
\n\u2022 Tips for evaluating soft skills<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"