For RESULTS EXPECTED/OKRs:

•Ideally Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound

•What metrics or OKRs do you use to track this area?

•What new ones would you/could you create if needed?

•What’s hardest about this job? If they fail, what’s the most likely reason?

•Imagine this hire is wildly successful in 6 months, a real star. You are explaining to a colleague why. What is the HARD EVIDENCE you would point to? Do same with bad hire!

•If you’re struggling to put numbers to it, can you at least get to something binary—“yes they did it/no they didn’t”? If so, that’s a result!

For COMPETENCIES NEEDED:

CULTURE-specific:

•What adjectives would I use to describe our company that I would NOT use to describe our competitors for talent?

•What kind of person would do well in other similar roles, but wash out here?

ROLE-specific:

•What skills/traits are most essential to success in this role?

•There are probably multiple ways to deliver the results above. HOW do we want them to do it? What would be the wrong way?