THE STRESS

INTERVIEWS
 Definition:
Emotionally charged interview setting
where the interviewee is put under
psychological stress to evaluate how he or
she performs under pressure
 INTERVIEW ?
• The Interview process is a method of
recruitment, a selection tool used to
attract appropriate job candidates to fill
job vacancies.
• Different types of interviews are used for
selection and hiring e.g. informal
interviews, direct interviews, indirect,
panel, group, behavior, and STRESS
INTERVIEWS
 Stress interviews:
• In a stress interview the interviewers deliberately lead
applicants into a fall sense of security by making the
candidate feel comfortable – then suddenly they change and
on the attack creating a stressful situation, In order to
observe how the candidates cope with sudden pressure and
stress

• Imagine for a moment that you are doing exceptionally well

in your job interview - until your interviewer asks you a
question totally irrelevant to your discussion, such as:

"How would you improve the

design of the hockey stick?”
 Stress interviews:
• While you fumble for an answer, inwardly you
are thinking,
"What is wrong with this person? Why would I be
asked such an absurd question as part of a
serious interview?"

• Such deliberate "stress question" are to get a

glimpse of
your personality and character - perhaps
impatience or a
glimpse of your creative abilities in coping with
the
 Interviewers might deliberately put you
in a difficult situation to see how you handle something non
textbook
 Constructive element
• Why should stress interviews be used?
• Should interviewers be permitted to
asses confidence on how one reacts
under sudden pressure?
 Constructive element
• Stress interviews can be a good thing
• Stress interviews might give an insight to a candidates
personality and character
• By stress interview, It is easier for the company
to determine the attitude of an employee, which
helps it identifying the suitable person for the job.

• As employee is an asset for the company, so the

company needs to know if it had made the right choice
and perhaps is paying to the right person who can cater
with the extreme conditions.
 Advantages

• Stress interviews are appropriate for certain

types of jobs such as public
safety and customer complaint-
handling.

• The stress interviewing technique is typically

used for positions in which
the job-seeker will be facing stress
on the job e.g. when dealing with a
lot of people such as domestic sugar
mills, in businesses where time to
time panic situations arise.
• How good are you at keeping your
cool under
pressure? This is exactly what
employers are
attempting to figure out during the
stress
interview. It may seem like cruel and
unusual
treatment, but if you pass this
grueling test, the
job is probably yours for the taking.
 So what happens during this
type of interview?

Any range of odd behavior, from being held in

the waiting room for an excessive amount of
time before the interviewer greets you to being
asked offensive questions to being met with long
silences or cold glares. Verbal abuse is even
common. So what is the point of all of this?
Simply to see if you can handle a difficult
company culture and a potentially stressful work
environment. Do you have what it takes?
 Keep
these tips in mind:

• Stress interviews are not meant to hurt

your feelings. They are just meant to test
your mental strength.
• Keep your main message in mind, and
don’t let the interviewer shake you from
your goal of expressing that point.
• Stay calm. No matter what happens, do
not respond with rudeness.
DECONSTRUCTIVE ELMENT
Stress interviews can be brutal!
 Deconstructive Element
• Deconstructive Element those with
severe personality disorders may also
do well
• Due to stress in interviews a person
can face anxiety
• Increased heart rate, high blood
pressure and stomach cramps can
also effect the person.
• An element of unpredictability in
choosing thecorrect person.
Deconstructive Element
•It may lower self
esteem.
•May cause emotional
distress
•Due to panic the
person can get
confused and may not
be able to answer
appropriately.
 CONCLUSION
• As discussed earlier stress interviews can be benificial
• Stress interviews are not meant to hurt your feelings.
They
• are just meant to test your mental strength.
• Keep your main message in mind, and don’t let the
interviewer shake you from your goal of expressing that
point.
• Stay calm. No matter what happens, do not respond with
• rudeness
• How ever they could also lead to confrontation and have
a destructive effect.
 CONCLUSION
• The best remedy is balance
In to days highly competitive markets firms need
to acquire
dynamic individuals who can go beyond their job
specification and handle time to time panic and
stress
related to work, and stress interviews are a good
tool.
• The interviewers also should try not to make the
stress interviews a brutal experience for the
candidate