BUSINESS MEMO: STICK TO THE BASICS

If you like to ask prospective employees all sorts of trick questions or try to intimidate them, you won't find out what really matters - can this person do the job? Nicholas Corcodilos, an executive search consultant interviewed in Working Woman magazine, says a job interview should not be about a candidate's most challenging experience or greatest accomplishments.

"Interviewing is about the job," he says. A better way to conduct an interview would be a hands-on session in which a prospective staffer gets to show what he or she can do, Corcodilos said.