{"id":5915,"date":"2022-05-27T17:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/?p=5915"},"modified":"2022-05-27T17:36:36","modified_gmt":"2022-05-27T17:36:36","slug":"interview-questions-for-instructional-design-candidates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/?p=5915","title":{"rendered":"Interview Questions for Instructional Design Candidates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We all need to build our L&amp;D teams. \u00a0You start your relationship with a new colleague by making sure they are a good fit for the role. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a handy list of interview questions you can ask your instructional design candidates.<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ol>\n<li><em>Explain your instructional design process to me.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How would you describe your instructional design style?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What learning design theories do you favor, and why?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Who are your learning influences?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Regarding the ADDIE process, how would you rank your capabilities from strongest to weakest?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What methods do you use to collaborate with \u201chard to get\u201d SMEs?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Walk me through your learning solution portfolio. What are some of your wildly successful examples? What have been your wildly unsuccessful failures?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>In the absence of a learning management system, how would you manage your implementation of learning solutions.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do you manage your version control and draft\/review process?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do you perform audience analyses? Task analyses?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Have you worked in any roles outside of instructional design?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What hobbies do you have that hone your instructional design career? What lessons have you learned and applied to training?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What tactics to you deploy to make training \u201csticky\u201d?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 2\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ol start=\"14\">\n<li><em>How do you make your courses engaging?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>How do you measure the success of your learning solutions?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What experience do you have training instructional designers? What \u201ctrain-the-trainer\u201d experience do you have?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What steps do you take to champion a culture of learning in the organizations you\u2019ve worked with?<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>What will be the first thing you will do, if hired?<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Shrink it.<\/p>\n<p>Expand it.<\/p>\n<p>Share it!<\/p>\n<p>Let me know what questions you ask your instructional design candidates.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Interview-Questions-for-Instructional-Design-Candidates-Handout.pdf\">CLICK HERE TO OPEN A PDF THAT YOU CAN PRINT OUT TO USE TO JOT DOWN NOTES WHILE INTERVIEWING CANDIDATES<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Interview-Questions-for-Instructional-Design-Candidates-Handout.pdf\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5920 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Interview-Questions-for-Instructional-Design-Candidates-1.png\" width=\"714\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Interview-Questions-for-Instructional-Design-Candidates-1.png 714w, https:\/\/billcorrigan.com\/updates\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Interview-Questions-for-Instructional-Design-Candidates-1-233x300.png 233w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 714px) 100vw, 714px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We all need to build our L&amp;D teams. \u00a0You start your relationship with a new colleague by making sure they are a good fit for the role. \u00a0Here&#8217;s a handy list of interview questions you can ask your instructional design candidates. Explain your instructional design process to me. 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