Answer the below questions around what would be done for an organzation hiring a
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Question
Answer the below questions around what would be done for an organzation hiring a Marketing Manager
A. Pre-Employment Testing. Will you administer any pre-employment testing, and if so, why? If not, why not?
B. Interview Questions. What types of questions will you ask to pinpoint the best candidate for the job? Identify at least 10 of those questions (at least 2 from each category: situational (future orientation), behavioral (past orientation), job knowledge (e.g., walk-through), background (experience)).
C. Employee Orientation. What will comprise an effective new employee orientation for this position? What items will be in their orientation packet?
200-400 words explaining all
Explanation / Answer
A - Yes.Pre employment testing is an appropriate measure to assess the skills sets, cognitive and functional capabilities, knowledge and suitability for the role. A well rounded testing procedure will ensure that the right candidate joins the role.
B- (a) Where do you see yourself 5 years from now.
(b) How do you see the influence of technology on your job in future.
(c) Tell me of a conflict situation you have faced during your job.
(d) What is the best thing about you past role.
(e) What strategy of segmentation is most suitable for the product you deal with.
(f) How would you deal with a rival's false propaganda about your product.
(g) How a government's economic policies have affected the product over past five years.
(h) What is the biggest mistake of your career so far.
(i) What would you prefer, a high paying low spare time job, or a low paying high spare time job.
(j) What would you do as a CEO of a company if your only competitor wants to merge with you and form a company with virtual monopoly.
C. New employee's orientation should have an interaction with all departments of the company, a presentation and study of the company's journey to the present position, an introduction to the policies and procedures of the company with special prefrence to the marketing activities and general reference to everything else, formal and informal rules and regulations of the company, cultural aspects, vision, mision and guiding principles of the company and the challenges faced and resolved so far. These exposures will give a new employee a fair indication about the organisation and his / her way ahead with it.