You don’t have to be a headhunter to ask probing questions that reveal somebody’s true grit, talent and tenacity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here’s one from Lou Adler, a headhunter and author of the books Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring and Getting Hired:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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“What single project or task would you consider your most significant accomplishment in your career so far?” <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s a very difficult question. But isn’t it great if you’re the one asking it? Think of all the times when you can use it, or a variation: <\/p>\n\n\n\n —When you need to hire a consultant<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n —When you’re looking for a coach <\/strong>or mentor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n —When you need to hire a speaker<\/strong> for a big event <\/p>\n\n\n\n —When you’re interviewing someone for a blog post, article<\/strong> or book<\/strong> you’re writing<\/p>\n\n\n\n —When you’re interviewing a guest expert<\/strong> or celebrity<\/strong> for a podcast or radio show<\/p>\n\n\n\n And certainly, when you’re interviewing someone for a job, either as an employee,<\/strong> or a subcontractor.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n When you hear the answer and want to probe deeper, here’s a list of Adler’s follow-up questions during interviews.<\/a> Not all will be pertinent, but they’ll give you some ideas. <\/p>\n\n\n\n What other situations can you think of that would be perfect for this question? And if you’re inclined to share your own answer to the question, the Comments section awaits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Publicity Hounds, what would you say if a journalist asked you this question during a live TV interview? Would you be ready?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" You don’t have to be a headhunter to ask probing questions that reveal somebody’s true grit, talent and tenacity. Here’s one from Lou Adler, a headhunter and author of the books Hire With Your Head and The Essential Guide for Hiring and Getting Hired: “What single project or task would you consider your most significant\u2026 Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","iawp_total_views":4,"wds_primary_category":603,"footnotes":""},"categories":[603],"tags":[620,604],"class_list":{"0":"post-13816","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-content-creation","7":"tag-how-to-interview","8":"tag-writing-articles","9":"entry"},"featured_image_src":null,"featured_image_src_square":null,"author_info":{"display_name":"Joan Stewart","author_link":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/author\/jstewart\/"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13816"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43171,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13816\/revisions\/43171"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/purelysupp.com\/publicity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}