Job Interview Checklist for Employers

Have a set of role-specific questions focusing on the job description.
Personalize your questions to match with each candidate based on what you have learned from their CVs.
Make your questions focused and unambiguous.
Vary the style of questions so that you can analyze intangibles such as attitudes and personality.
Incorporate a set of behavioral and situational questions that allows candidates to express themselves in more detail.
For example, What is the toughest project you have handled so far and how well did you handle it? When was the last time you made a mistake and how did you rectify it? Have you made any changes at work, and did they help improve the performance?

Discuss the structure and the outline of the interview.
Clarify the roles of the panel in the interview process.
Set boundaries as to what questions to ask and what to avoid.
Train them on how to handle the interview and how to rate a candidate in an interview.

Talk about the vision and mission and how the company tries to achieve it.
The perks of working for your organization.
Explain how the company culture benefits new workers.
Demonstrate what the company does to make employees satisfied and successful at work.
Mention the major accomplishments and any awards that your organization has won recently.
Convey the plans to expand or grow your company.