Are you hiring or applying for an executive for strategic advancement role? This comprehensive guide explores vital interview questions to assess candidates’ experience in development leadership, strategic communications, team management, and commitment to diversity and inclusion. Learn what it takes to advance mission-driven organizations.
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Although initially, it can be daunting to delve into the recesses of the past to find those initial triggers, traumas, and motivators, this kind of interview is frequently exhilarating for both the interviewer and the candidate. Nothing beats uncovering the truth, even if it proves to be fragile, complex, or even counter-intuitive.
Q: I have a feeling one of my references is not giving me a good evaluation. In my last set of interviews, the prospective employer seemed very enthusiastic about hiring me. But, after conducting reference checks, he refused to return my phone calls. What can I do to correct this? Is there any strategy for making a bad reference good?
Candor wins over canned responses. While this has always been at least somewhat true, honesty is highly sought particularly in an environment where the number of start-ups and smaller, leaner organizations is on the rise. Interviewers are more focused than ever on really getting to know how you function – particularly under stress. Some organizations go as far as to have their most senior leaders take rigorous behavioral tests to ensure they have the right stamina, skills, aptitude and attitude to succeed.
Making a good hire depends, in part, on having positive interview experiences with your preferred candidates. Sometimes, employers underestimate the impact of a well-planned interview/interview process. Remember that outstanding leaders will remember your interview process long after you extend an offer to the candidate of choice. It makes good sense to go the extra mile to ensure that the process and the final result are commendable. That way, you will have made new professional linkages during the process and you can circle back to people whom you liked, but did not think would be right for the particular role you seek to fill.