What does the Successful Interviewing in the Technical Sector training course involve?
During this interactive two-day training course, you learn how to gain clear and accurate insight into the technical qualities of specialist candidates. We cover effective questioning and interview techniques, translating theory directly into practice.
The training goes beyond asking the right questions during the interview. You learn to manage the full process: from preparing the vacancy and screening a technical CV effectively to developing an interview strategy and following up the interview in a clear and structured way.
The training course consists of two days in which we work through the full recruitment process based on the following pillars:
Preparation and CV selection: Who are we really looking for? Learn how to translate a job profile into must-haves, create a benchmark and read and assess a technical CV properly.
Interview preparation: Determine which information from the CV to use, develop an interview strategy and learn how and when to deviate from it.
Conducting the interview: Apply techniques such as listening, summarising and probing, and the STAR method. Learn how to question work experience without having technical expertise yourself, how to deal with references and how to conduct salary negotiations.
After the interview: Create a sharp summary, share your objective opinion with the hiring manager and ensure clear and timely follow-up.
Part 1: Vacancy preparation
- Who are we really looking for?
- Must-haves and nice-to-haves
- Preparing a response plan
- Creating a labour market benchmark
- Drafting the job description
Part 2: CV selection
- How do you read and assess a CV?
- The value of diplomas and qualifications
- Which experience is genuinely relevant?
Part 3: Interview preparation
- The ideal generic interview script does not exist
- Which information from the CV do you use?
- Developing an interview strategy
- Knowing how to deviate from an interview strategy
Part 4: The interview
- Questioning and interview techniques, including listening, summarising and probing, and the STAR method
- How do you question work experience you know little about yourself?
- Assessment works both ways
- Self-presentation
- Which references are useful?
- Negotiating salary and secondary employment conditions
- Summarising
- Defining possible next steps
Part 5: After the interview
- Creating a clear summary
- Having the confidence to share your opinion, possibly with the hiring manager
- Determining the next steps
- Clear and timely follow-up
Target audience
Who is this training course for?
How do you question work experience when you have limited technical knowledge yourself? Many recruiters and managers struggle with this when interviewing engineers. If you do not know how to probe technical claims effectively, you increase the risk of a mismatch.
By following a focused interviewing course, you learn how to stay in control of the conversation. You know exactly which information from the CV is relevant, how to assess the real value of certain diplomas and qualifications, and how to prevent a candidate from presenting themselves as more technically capable than they actually are.
This Successful Interviewing in the Technical Sector training course has been developed specifically for HR managers, corporate recruiters, recruitment consultants and hiring managers who regularly conduct recruitment and selection interviews for technical vacancies.
Do you want more certainty and depth in your selection process? Then this training course is essential.
Fee and duration of the training
Practical information
The Successful Interviewing in the Technical Sector training course lasts two days. The fee is €1,039.50 per person, excluding VAT. Course materials and a certificate of participation are included.
Investment: €1,039.50 excluding VAT
Duration: 2 days
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Location
Rotterdam
Trainers
Language
Dutch
The location
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The benefits
Why choose Dosign Academy?
The technical sector is a niche in which a wrong assumption can directly affect the safety, lead time and quality of projects. You choose our Successful Interviewing in the Technical Sector training course because this method has already proven itself thousands of times in real recruitment practice.
Developed from our own practical experience
Our method was not developed in a classroom, but in practice. We developed this successful approach specifically for our sister company Dosign Engineering, a major staffing and recruitment organisation for highly educated technical professionals. Their recruiters, who are often not technical specialists themselves, have been using this method for years to gain a reliable understanding of candidates, because they must be able to guarantee the quality of their engineers to clients.
Directly applicable methods
No abstract theory, but concrete tools. You learn to work with well-known methods such as listening, summarising and probing, and the STAR method, translated specifically to technical competencies and situations.
Learning from and with each other
The training course is highly interactive. You share experiences with other HR professionals from industry and work directly with realistic practical cases. The combination of learning and immediate application makes the difference.
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The importance of focused interviewing techniques
How do you question work experience when you have limited technical knowledge yourself? Many recruiters and managers struggle with this when interviewing engineers. If you do not know how to probe technical claims effectively, you increase the risk of a mismatch.
By following a focused interviewing course, you learn how to stay in control of the conversation. You know exactly which information from the CV is relevant, how to assess the real value of certain diplomas and qualifications, and how to prevent a candidate from presenting themselves as more technically capable than they actually are.
Would you like to speak to technical specialists at the interview table with more confidence and stronger results? Register for the training course at Dosign Academy. Learn how to ask the right questions and select the best candidates for your organisation with full confidence.
