If your candidate is very goal-oriented, it would be helpful to know how this particular job fits in with his goals.

When two employees near you were going back and forth in a heated argument, did you take steps to break it up? Or were you more inclined to let them sort it out?

Have you ever had a job interview with someone and you came out of it thinking:

She just rubbed me the wrong way.

From the perspective of making a hiring decision, what exactly does that mean?

I see the hiring process as pieces of a pie. Each piece can help you make a better decision.

Do you have a clear statement of the purpose of each position in your company? If not, take a bit of time and put this together.

“George, what was a typical work day like?” George might ask for clarification and you could say, “Well, I’d like to get an idea what you did in your previous job but from a different perspective than what is on your résumé.

We owners understand that the work day doesn’t end at 5 or 6 o’clock. If several key things still need to get done, it is often the business owner who gets them done. If a customer calls after hours, the impulse is strongest with us to get back to him and not let it wait until the next day.

All of us at one time another have had disagreements with our boss. So what happens when we are asked to do something we feel we shouldn’t have to do?

This is the classic hiring question. But it doesn’t always get the answer you’re looking for, which is simply an unrehearsed answer.