Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People, Third Edition »

Ron Fry has written more than 40 books, including the best-selling 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions and 101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview. He is a frequent speaker and seminar leader on a variety of job-search and hiring topics and the founder and president of Career Press. He lives in New Jersey with his family.

In this completely updated new edition, the best-selling author of 101 Great Answers to the Toughest Interview Questions and 101 Smart Questions to Ask on Your Interview takes you step-by-step through the hiring process. Whether you're replacing an employee who's leaving or creating a new position in your organization, Ron Fry shows you how to write a concise and accurate job description, identify key competencies, and how to translate them into a realistic set of search criteria.

Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People also shows you:

How to attract the best applicants.

What to look for when you're screening resumes, in your office or online.

What questions you should ask in the interview...and when to ask them.

How to listen more effectively to what the applicant is really telling you.

How to probe for information the applicant doesn't want to reveal.

What questions the law permits and forbids.

Whether you're an interviewing novice or a seasoned pro, you'll find all the answers you need in Ask the Right Questions, Hire the Best People!

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 The First Steps 17

Chapter 2 Your Interview Style 35

Chapter 3 Types of Interviews 51

Chapter 4 Preparing for Answers to Come 63

Chapter 5 How to Keep Them Talking 73

Chapter 6 School Daze 97

Chapter 7 Let's Get Down to Business 109

Chapter 8 Let's Focus on some Specifics 139

Chapter 9 Let's Talk More About That Current (Last) Job 159

Chapter 10 So Why Us? 181

Chapter 11 Wrapping Things Up 195

Chapter 12 Staying Out of the Legal Cauldron 215

Index 221