Sean, That involvement from other departments helps a new employee gain support early on in the tenure because other departments were involved in the process. I really like your idea of identifying positive and negative attributes in order to craft your questions. Those interactions once again build support and relationships. This level of involvement from other departments requires that you create a well designed job description so there are no misunderstandings what the position entails and what the position qualifications are. These minimizes differences of opinion regarding candidates. Dr. Patricia Kapper