5 Tips to Make Working Interviews Work for You

“Recruiting is like making sausage—it’s ugly,” says Jason De Franco, Owner, Team Solutions Dental Lab, Sanford, FL. DeFranco would know; he’s tried every hiring strategy in the book, from a single “gut check” interview to an exhaustive, five-session process. “Both were equally ineffective in helping us find solid, long-term employees,” he says. 

DeFranco now uses working interviews—where candidates work for a short, set period of time to demonstrate their skills before being officially hired—and says this approach offers benefits to both parties: your lab has a chance to evaluate the person’s skills, aptitude, attitude, communication style and teamwork and the applicant gets a clear sense of the job requirements, lab environment and expectations. 

Thomas Brainsky, Owner, Bonifate Dental, York, PA, is also a proponent of this hiring strategy....