{"id":1871,"date":"2020-05-06T16:42:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:42:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanfordrose.com\/kempfgroup\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\/"},"modified":"2020-05-06T16:42:05","modified_gmt":"2020-05-06T21:42:05","slug":"rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanfordrose.com\/kempfgroup\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\/","title":{"rendered":"Rikka Brandon, CEO of Building Gurus, Authored \u201cTwo Interview Tricks to Help Avoid Hiring Mistakes\u201d, Featured in LBM Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rikka Brandon, CEO of Building Gurus <\/strong><strong>\u2013 A member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/sanfordrose.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae<\/a> network of offices<\/strong><strong>, Authored \u201cTwo Interview Tricks to Help Avoid Hiring Mistakes\u201d, Featured in LBM Journal <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Plano, TX | 5\/6\/2020<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/buildinggurus.com\/about\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rikka Brandon<\/a> is the CEO and Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/buildinggurus.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Building Gurus<\/a> \u2013 A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, an executive search firm located in Fargo, ND. They work exclusively with building product manufacturers and distributors across the nation to find, hire, and retain top building products talent. The following is an article published in LBM Journal:<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve covered various best practices for interviewing, including the type of questions to ask (and what not to ask!). Here are two more pieces of advice to consider that can drastically improve your chances of making a great hire.<\/p>\n<p>1. Dig deeper<\/p>\n<p>Standard interviews are a series of questions and answers. They\u2019re mildly effective, but everyone who has interviewed enough knows that when the interview turns into a conversation, the candidate has a much better chance of being asked back.<\/p>\n<p>I am a big believer in \u201cfunctional\u201d interview questions in the first stage (see my June 2018 column for more details on these questions). Functional questions will help you determine if a candidate can do the job you are hiring for. They are focused on what the individual has done in the past. Unfortunately, many people stop there.<\/p>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/lbmjournal.com\/two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/lbmjournal.com\/two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Rikka Brandon, CEO of Building Gurus \u2013 A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, Authored \u201cTwo Interview Tricks to Help Avoid Hiring Mistakes\u201d, Featured in LBM Journal Plano, TX | 5\/6\/2020 Rikka Brandon is the CEO and Founder of Building Gurus \u2013 A member of the Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae network of offices, an executive search firm located in Fargo, ND. They work exclusively with building product manufacturers and distributors across the nation to find, hire, and retain top building products talent. The following is an article published in LBM Journal: We\u2019ve covered various best practices for interviewing, including the type of questions to ask (and what not to ask!). Here are two more pieces of advice to consider that can drastically improve your chances of making a great hire. 1. Dig deeper Standard interviews are a series of questions and answers. They\u2019re mildly effective, but everyone who has interviewed enough knows that when the interview turns into a conversation, the candidate has a much better chance of being asked back. I am a big believer in \u201cfunctional\u201d interview questions in the first stage (see my June 2018 column for more details on these questions). Functional questions will help you determine if a candidate can do the job you are hiring for. They are focused on what the individual has done in the past. Unfortunately, many people stop there. Read more: https:\/\/lbmjournal.com\/two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes\/<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[749,750,751,752,753,754,233],"class_list":["post-1871","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sra-news","tag-building-gurus","tag-rikka-brandon","tag-rikka-brandon-building-gurus","tag-rikka-brandon-executive-search","tag-rikka-brandon-fargo-north-dakota","tag-rikka-brandon-recruiter","tag-sra-recruiter"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rikka Brandon, CEO of Building Gurus, Authored \u201cTwo Interview Tricks to Help Avoid Hiring Mistakes\u201d, Featured in LBM Journal - Sanford Rose Associates\u00ae - Kempf Group<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sanfordrose.com\/kempfgroup\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Sanford Rose Associates\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Sanford Rose Associates\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/e9bae55b203487fb69cc3d521503341d\"},\"headline\":\"Rikka Brandon, CEO of Building Gurus, Authored \u201cTwo Interview Tricks to Help Avoid Hiring Mistakes\u201d, Featured in LBM Journal\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-05-06T21:42:05+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":255,\"commentCount\":0,\"keywords\":[\"Building Gurus\",\"Rikka Brandon\",\"Rikka Brandon Building Gurus\",\"Rikka Brandon Executive Search\",\"Rikka Brandon Fargo North Dakota\",\"Rikka Brandon Recruiter\",\"SRA Recruiter\"],\"articleSection\":[\"SRA News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sanfordrose.com\\\/kempfgroup\\\/rikka-brandon-ceo-of-building-gurus-authored-two-interview-tricks-to-help-avoid-hiring-mistakes-featured-in-lbm-journal\\\/\",\"name\":\"Rikka Brandon, CEO of Building Gurus, Authored \u201cTwo Interview Tricks to Help Avoid Hiring Mistakes\u201d, Featured in LBM Journal - 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