Advanced Selection, Interviewing & Recruitment Skills (Certified Recruitment Analyst)

Course Category : Leadership

This advanced programme equips HR and recruitment professionals with cutting-edge behavioural interviewing methods, structured selection tools, and analytical recruitment techniques that significantly enhance hiring accuracy and organisational talent acquisition performance.
Duration: 5 Days
Level: Advanced

Introduction

Today’s competitive business landscape demands advanced, evidence-based recruitment capabilities, as traditional interviews have been proven to yield success rates as low as 2%. This course introduces a modern, scientifically validated framework built on behavioural interviewing, psychometric assessment, and structured selection methodologies.
Participants will learn how to design role-based behavioural criteria, create measurable interview questions, implement scoring systems, and conduct high-value interviews that dramatically improve hiring accuracy.
The programme equips HR professionals with comprehensive tools covering personality profiling, assessment-centre methods, shortlisting strategies, and competency-based recruitment models. It enables participants to confidently evaluate candidates, optimise recruitment processes, and achieve internationally aligned hiring excellence..

Targeted Specializations

HR managers and HR specialists.
Recruitment supervisors and talent-acquisition teams.
Interviewing and recruitment officers.
Individuals seeking to enhance their recruitment competencies.
Policy analysts, development officers, and recruitment systems analysts.

Targeted Skills

Recruitment decision-making.
Communication and listening skills.
Negotiation and influence.
Body-language interpretation.
Candidate assessment and interview design.
Cultural awareness and sensitivity.

Expected Outcomes

Understand the complexities of modern recruitment and selection.
Execute a fully updated recruitment and selection process.
Develop job-advertising criteria, shortlisting methods, and effective interview questions.
Demonstrate the time-efficiency advantages of structured interviewing.
Apply testing, profiling, and assessment-centre tools appropriately.
Implement two-step questioning with numerical scoring.
Convert role data into measurable, scoreable interview questions.
Build personal development plans focusing on interview quality.
Reduce bias and increase accuracy through structured methodologies.
Manage the full cycle of the new interview process with confidence.

Training Topics Index

Why traditional interviews fail.
First interview practice session.
Observing other interviews and drawing insights.
Experiencing “What it feels like to be interviewed.”
Debunking interview myths.
Completing a personality-profile assessment.

Overview of the new recruitment/interview model.
Why interview approaches must evolve.
Interactive discussions and case reflections.
Role of job descriptions in selection accuracy.
Developing behavioural criteria for roles.
Hands-on criteria-collection exercises.
Simulating professional job-advert creation.
Efficient shortlisting methods.

Overview of testing categories.
Psychometric vs. occupational tests.
Creating localised ability tests.
Additional testing considerations.
Modern personality-profiling techniques.
Expected outcomes from profiling tools.

Introduction to new interview-questioning models.
Benefits of signposting for clarity and structure.
Crafting knowledge-based questions.
Effective probing techniques.
Starting interviews professionally.
Optimal interview-panel structure.
Designing the interview environment.
Practical body-language interpretation.

Group exercises for introductions.
Real cost of ineffective interviewing.
Practical Interview 1 (full cycle).
Practical Interview 2 (full cycle).
Practical Interview 3 (full cycle).
Making final selections and professional next steps.
Updating knowledge and competency sheets.

Course Features

Modern and practical content
Real-world examples and leadership exercises
Pre- and post-course assessments to measure impact
Accredited certificate with QR code verification

Advanced Selection, Interviewing & Recruitment Skills (Certified Recruitment Analyst)