Sharpening the Interview: Using IPSP & Orienting Intelligence to Hire Better

Join fellow Berkshire County HR and operations leaders for a 60-minute working session on smarter hiring. Using IPSP (Ideal Profile Success Pattern) and Orienting Intelligence, you'll sharpen your interview approach and walk away with practical tools — including a take-home template of 3 better interview questions. Not a lecture. A peer-driven, immediately applicable session.

Core Learning Outcomes

• Define what success looks like: grounded in what top performers do - not just credentials or experience.

• Apply Orienting Intelligence:  understand how candidates take in info, decide, and adapt under pressure.

• Build better interview questions:  using IPSP to move beyond generic prompts to role-specific insight.

• Gain peer-shared practices:  cross-industry insight from healthcare, manufacturing, and beyond.

Agenda:  60 Minutes

Session 1:  Featured Topic

From Gut Feel to Structured Insight

• Why interviews often fail

• IPSP: what top performers do

• Orienting Intelligence (Dr. Rebelo)

• Combining both for better alignment

Session 2:  Guided Roundtable

Peer Conversation with Light Structure

• What question do you reply on?

• Where did a great interview fail?

• What traits are hardest to assess?

• Mini exercise: draft one better question

Session 3:  Networking & Connection

Cross-Industry Connection Building

• Who is actively hiring now?

• Retention vs. recruiting discussion

• Healthcare - manufacturing exchange

• Conversation prompt card provided