Interviewing and Choosing the Right Candidate

As a hiring manager, finding, interviewing, and retaining top talent is essential to building a successful team. To support you in this critical role, we’ve compiled a collection of informative articles, practical guides, and expert resources. These materials are designed to help you refine your hiring strategies, conduct effective interviews, and implement practices that ensure long-term employee retention.

By leveraging these insights, you can optimize your recruitment processes and build a thriving, high-performing team. Happy reading! We invite you to explore the following resources.

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Interview Process Guidelines and Resources

Please visit this page for UF Hiring Policies and additional resources for the Interview Process.

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UF Hiring Toolkit for Finding Quality Candidates

Visit this link for very individualized resources that can really improve your ability to find the most qualified talent, how to create gender neutral job descriptions, creating interview rubrics, and to find virtual UF hiring courses.

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Behavioral Interviewing

Visit this link for behavioral interview questions that will really help you to get to know your candidates.

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Hiring Interview Guide

Visit this link for a guide that goes into detail on interviewing with an entire section dedicated to questions you cannot ask. 

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Onboarding New Hires

Visit this link for helpful information on onboarding your new team member. An organized onboarding goes a long way to prepare and retain the talent you have spent so much time recruiting. 

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Retaining Talent

And lastly, if you would like read up on how to create a culture that will help you retain the valuable talent you can now acquire with your improved skills, this link will be very useful.

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Probationary Periods

TEAMS employees serve a six-month probationary period upon hire at the University of Florida, unless their probationary periods are extended. Probationary periods can be extended in three-month intervals, up to a maximum of 12 months in total.

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