All Entries Tagged With: "Interview"
How to Talk to Your Candidate about His Ambitions during an Interview
Often, you’ll want to talk to the candidate about his hopes and expectations of the future. Typical questions are: Why do you want to join our firm? What do you expect to gain from the job? Where do you want to be in three years? How do you see your future career developing? Naturally, you’ll […]
How to Start an Interview
Try to put each candidate at ease and establish a rapport with him as soon as he enters your business premises. By the time the interview begins, he should then feel relaxed and be ready to answer your questions in a confident, open manner. If interviews are well spaced out and run to schedule, consider […]
How to Set Time and Location for an Interview
Usually, the date and time of an interview will be mutually agreed between you and the candidate. You should make an initial approach by telephone, if appropriate, or by letter, asking him when it would be convenient to call in and see you. This conveys the impression of a caring and amicable would-be employer. Never […]
How to Introduce Group Tests in an Interview
Having assessed candidates individually, by reading applications and running interviews and tests, you may wish to bring them together as a group to see how they behave and interact with each other. This can be a valid and extremely important testing method especially where the successful candidate is expected to lead or work as part […]
How to Interview a Prospective Employee
Every selection interview is or should be a two-way process. You want to discover whether the candidate matches the employee specification closely and seems likely to be able to do the job well. He is trying to find out if this is the type of post he wants at a company he would like to […]
How to Devise an Interview Plan
Draw one up in collaboration with your colleagues before any interviews are conducted with shortlisted candidates. Having a skeletal plan in front of you at an interview reminds you to deal with all the main areas (if you’re nervous you may overlook one or two), allows you to listen to the candidate’s answers without thinking […]
How to Conclude an Interview
Once you have covered the topics and questions highlighted in your interview plan, you should be coming towards the end of the time set aside for the interview. With perhaps five to ten minutes or so remaining, you would normally give the candidate the opportunity to ask you questions (‘Well, we seem to have discussed […]