Preliminaries -- Contents -- Introduction The Parable -- One: For Openers: Five Traditional Interview Questions and Their Interpretations -- Two: Achievement-Anchored Questions: Measuring Individuals Awareness of Their Accomplishments -- Three: Holistic Interview Queries: Challenging Candidates to Assess Themselves -- Four: Questions About Career Stability -- Five: Searching for Patterns of Progression Through the Ranks -- Six: Likability Equals Compatibility: Matching Candidates' Personalities to Your Organization's Corporate Culture -- Seven: The College Campus Recruit -- Eight: Profiling Secretaries and Administrative Support Staff -- Nine: The Sales Interview -- Ten: Senior Management Evaluations -- Eleven: Pressure Cooker Interview Questions Assessing Grace Under Fire -- Twelve: Generic Interview Questions Known to Challenge Candidates in the Final Rounds of Hire -- Thirteen: Reference-Checking Scenarios: Administrative Support Staff -- Fourteen: Reference-Checking Scenarios: Professional/ Technical Candidates -- Fifteen: Reference-Checking Scenarios: Senior Management Candidates -- Sixteen: Preempting the Counteroffer: Steering Candidates Clear of Temptation -- Seventeen: Making the Offer and Closing the Deal: Questions to Ensure That Candidates Accept Your Job Offers -- Eighteen: Staying Within the Law: Interview Questions to Avoid at All Costs -- Nineteen: Telephone Screening Interviews: Formats and Follow Ups for Swift Information Gathering -- Twenty:Getting Real Information From Reference Checks -- Twenty One: Maximizing Your Recruitment Resources -- Interviewer's Checklist The 96 Questions -- Index.