Typically, I am not a fan of an uber-scripted employment interview, but a visual interview? That is a scripted interview I can get behind. What is a Visual Interview? It’s a way to spark conversation with a candidate that works with their hands.

On today's episode of The Rebellious Recruiter with Daava Mills, we’ll explore the why behind the Visual Interview, how to use it, and what to expect from the outcome.

Daava's Rebellious Recruiting Notes:

• The problem: I was interviewing people that work with their hands for a living, like a welder, and evaluating hard skills from their verbal communication.
• I had recently learned in a webinar that “if you need to hire people who work with their hands, give them something to play with in the interview.”
• I developed the "Visual Interview" that included pictures, cards with keywords and an actual weld plate.
• Using these items allowed me to have a natural discussion with the candidates and I could better evaluate where they landed on certain skills, what types of things were important to them, and I could communicate to them what was important to the company.
• Instead of evaluating "how they spoke", I could better evaluate them on what they knew.
• Our safety results from employees hired using this interview type was eye opening.

As always, you can email me at daava@millsgroupllc.com with your thoughts or questions. I may use your subject matter in upcoming shows.

Episode Links:

The Mills Group

Baby Welding

OSHA

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