Interview Questions to Uncover the Best Assistant for YOU!

If you’ve come to that pivotal time in your career where your level of activity, focus and production warrants hiring a part-time or full-time Assistant, let me be the first to congratulate you!interviewingpeople

Hiring an Assistant may feel like a daunting task, but it is the only way you will be able to move your production to the next level. However, if your systems are not in place and you do not have a clear plan written down as to how you will best utilize an Assistant, you run the very real risk of wasting your time and money and taking a step backwards in your production, instead of forwards.

Always Remember: systems come first, and then people resources, when it comes to growing a business.

In the excitement, rush and sometimes desperation to get an Assistant on the team, there’s a tendency to see what we want to see in our candidates instead of what’s really there.

In order to combat this common mistake, it’s very important to prepare insightful interview questions that will lead to the candidate talking 80% of the time and you talking 20% of the time. You also want to be able to ask the types of questions that will uncover the following:

  • Previous work experience
  • Customer Service & Professionalism
  • Motivations & Expectations
  • Commitment & Interest

To aid you in this very worthwhile endeavor of hiring the best Assistant for YOU, I’ve included my, “Uncover the Best” set of interview questions to DOWNLOAD and use as you see fit.