Interviewing Resources
Search committees should use standardized interview questions for all candidates. If other groups are interviewing candidates as well, search committees should ensure those groups also use standardized questions.
Questions should be behaviorally based. Search committees and others should not ask questions pertaining to a protected status. The most common illegal questions include asking about children, marriage, religion, disability/health, and sexual orientation.
Search committees should ask all candidates about their experience working with diverse populations or working toward equity and inclusion. The “diversity” question should not be asked by search committee members who are visibly marked as marginalized.
The answer to diversity-based competency should be taken into account just like all other competencies when making recommendations. We encourage search committees to discuss what an exceptional answer to these questions looks like.