Careers with the
Agricultural Research Service

Recruiters Resources


Return to the Table of Contents

Introduction

Merit System Principles

Position Descriptions

Advertising Positions

Qualification Requirements

Hiring Students

Reducing Recruitment Time

Using Ads

Recruitment Outreach

Mailing Vacancies

Marketing Employment Opportunities

Promoting ARS

Campus Visits/Career Fairs

Career Service Offices

Working CERTS

Interviewing Candidates

Employee Benefits

Recruitment Incentives

Employee Orientation

Employee Performance

Exiting Employees

What's Hot

  Interviewing Candidates
  Hiring the right person takes more than just intuition. It is the most important decision you make as a selecting official. To that end, the employment interview is an integral part of helping you make the right hiring choice.

The Human Resources Division has developed Interviewing: A Practical Guide for Selecting Officials to assist you in planning employment interviews and conducting reference checks. The information provided in this guide will assist you in structuring an interview that is systematic, consistent, and job-related. Topics include:

  • The Interview Process, which walks you through the process from the planning stage to the closing and interview follow-up.
  • Tips on Interviewing, which includes assessment tools, sample questions, and information about interviewing people with disabilities.
  • Checking References, which includes sample questions to ask.
  • Prohibited Personnel Practices

Additional resources

Interviewing: A Practical Guide for Selecting Officials

Understanding Merit System Principles and Prohibited Personnel Management Practices

 





 


USDA-ARS
http://arsnet.usda.gov/recruiters
 
ARS Careers  |  Human Resource Division  |  SMART Center 
|  AFM Administrative Issuances   |  Service Employees Team (SET)  |  ARSnet home
   

News & Information  |  Research Programs  |  Offices and Programs |   Search 
|  Other Research   |  Site Map  |  Feedback  |  ARS home  |  Disclaimers
 
Contact the ARS Recruitment Office

Contact the ARS Webmaster
 
Research for the Growing World!

top of page

Last Updated: February 25, 2003