Businesses often need to adapt to changing interview and recruitment tactics to keep up with industry trends, staffing demands, and market changes. It is imperative that your company's staff members are adaptable to ever-changing environments.
Employees with the skills to adapt can bring great value to the business and help the company navigate through changing or difficult times.
These employees usually have the following qualities;
- Stay calm and composed, functioning under pressure.
- Open to trying new tools and techniques to improve their ways of working.
- Be effective problem solvers and solution finders.
- Accept new team members and understand people have different working styles.
The following questions will help you assess how the candidate will react to various scenarios, including when a change in management occurs, a team member leaves, or when project deadlines are changed at the last minute.
Examples of Adaptability Questions
- How do you adapt to changes that you cannot control? For example, a team member leaves, or there is a change of management in the department.
- You are observing a team dynamic and notice they have a “this is how we do things” approach with new hires, how would you try to help them see that there are other ways to do things that can be just as effective?
- What would you say is the biggest challenge you face when starting a new job and adjusting to the company and the team?
- Tell me about a time a new process was put in place at work, how did you learn and apply the new process in your work?
- If a new HR procedure is put in place and you and your team are used to having fewer formal reviews, and the new procedure has a formal, standardized appraisal system, how would you prepare yourself and your team for this change?
How to Evaluate Candidates
- Look for candidates who value flexibility, adaptability, and new ways of working.
- Identify candidates who are natural problem solvers.
- For senior-level and management candidates, look for someone who is understanding and can comprehend different working styles and techniques.
- Identify candidates who are not set in a routine and are flexible to try new duties and tasks, and want to learn more.
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