hiring insights sample report

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Hiring Insights™ Company X


Table of contents -  Hiring Insights™ overview -  Summary -  Insights


Hiring Insights™ measures the hiring process across three key activities.

How your organization plans and structures interview loops

How your organization engages and interviews candidates

How your organization evaluates interview information to make a hire/no hire decision


Overall, your organization scores a 78% on interview preparation.

Each activity has an overall score.

Overall score is based on three key inputs to the hiring process.


Structure: The backbone of a hiring process, defines who, what, and how

Consistency: Adoption and execution of a hiring process

Objectivity: Lack of bias in the hiring process

Three Inputs to Hiring Excellence


Your team wants help writing better interview feedback.

44% Write feedback on

their interviews

56% Request resources

on writing better interview feedback

Insights identify areas of opportunity within the hiring process.


That’s it for the overview. Ready for your results?


Table of contents -  Hiring Insights™ overview ✔ -  Summary

-  Demographics -  Time -  Overview

-  Insights


Who took the study?

22% Have less than one year experience interviewing

44% Have more than 5 years experience interviewing

78% The majority of respondents actively want to improve their interviewing skills.


15 minutes Average prep time per

interviewer

55 minutes Average time per

interview

30 minutes Writing feedback and

debriefing

How much time does your team spend interviewing?

45% Rate the experience “Frustrating”

14 hrs. Each week, your team spends 14 hours interviewing.

45% Rate their experience as “Frustrating.”



Summary of findings: Key Takeaways


Each week, your team spends 55 hours interviewing.



In the following pages we will walk you through the specific insights that support these key takeaways.

Key takeaway 1: 67% of respondents lack confidence in the organization’s hiring decisions. This sentiment is strongest among those requesting more training and resources.

Key takeaway 2: Only 11% of respondents consider hiring decisions to be objective. The biggest factor is lack of structure in the preparation phase of the hiring process, specifically related to not having relevant and quantifiable assessment criteria.

Key takeaway 3: The majority of respondents (78%) requested additional training and resources.


Summary of findings: Scoring Overview





Your team needs guidance and resources to better prepare for interviews.

Overall, your team is knowledgeable and experienced.

Confidence in hiring decisions could be improved with more structure.


Table of contents -  Hiring Insights™ overview ✔ -  Summary ✔ -  Insights

-  Preparation -  Interviewing -  Evaluation


Preparation: Structure, Objectivity





Your team needs guidance and resources to better prepare for interviews.

78% Report not having enough time or information to prepare before interviews.


Preparation: Structure

45% 55 hrs. Each week, your team spends 55 hours interviewing.

45% 45%

A lack of guidance and resources is hindering your team from adequately preparing for interviews.

11% Are assigned an interview topic.

89% Make up their own

interview questions.

Recommendation: Design interview guides that establish interview topics, questions, and assessment criteria.


Preparation: Objectivity



45% 45%

Interview topics are viewed as irrelevant, subjective, and difficult to assess.

89% Reported lack of clarity on how to assess

their assigned topics.

Recommendation: Provide training and resources on how to assess assigned topics.


Interviewing: Objectivity


55 hrs. 45% Rate their experience as “Frustrating.”


81% Of inappropriate questions were correctly identified.

Overall, your team is knowledgeable and experienced.


Interviewing: Objectivity



45% 45%

Team displays hints of overconfidence in relying on their knowledge and experience.

44% Report feeling prepared despite not

preparing for interviews.

Recommendation: Periodically measure interviewer activity and deploy training to reinforce best practices.


Evaluation: Structure, Objectivity


55 hrs. 45% Rate their experience as “Frustrating.”

45%

67% Are not confident in the

organization’s hiring decisions.

Adding structure to the evaluation process will help improve confidence.


Evaluation: Objectivity

45% 55 hrs. 45% 45%

Subjective evaluation criteria leads to inconsistent hiring decisions and impacts perceptions of objectivity.

67% Define “cultural fit” as

personal fit.

Recommendation: Resources and training on assessment criteria will help eliminate ambiguity and improve objectivity.

55% Utilize subjective criteria

when evaluating candidates.


Evaluation: Structure

45% 55 hrs. 45% 45%

Structure will help ensure that assessment criteria is being used to evaluate candidates.

56% Report structured debriefs occurring just some of the

time.

Recommendation: Formalize a process to debrief on every candidate before a hiring decision.


Table of contents -  Hiring Insights™ overview ✔ -  Summary ✔ -  Insights ✔

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