INTERVIEWING TECHNIQUES

Sub-Topics

• Types of Interviews
• Preparing for the Interview
• Answering traditional and difficult questions
• Do’s & Don'ts of Interviewing
 Computer Mediated Interviews
• A personally interactive process of one or more people asking questions orally to
another person and evaluating the answers for the purpose of determining the
qualifications of that person in order to make employment decisions.
(Julia Levashina et al., 2014)

• The interpersonal interaction might include immediate (or synchronous) and delayed
(or asynchronous) interaction (Moore & Kearsley, 1996).
• In synchronous interaction, both the interviewee and the
interviewer must participate in the interview at a fixed time,
whereas in asynchronous interaction, they participate in the
interview according to their own schedule. For example,
asynchronous evaluation happens when the interview is recorded,
and the decision maker watches the video to evaluate the applicant
in order to make a final decision.

(Julia Levashina et al., 2014)

Types of Interviews:
Screening Interviews
These interviews are conducted by organisations to save money & time by short listing
qualified candidates. These serve as a beginner where the employer may ask the candidates
to appear in MCQ’s based online test or fill an online form or may be to appear in a brief
interview to discuss your qualifications in a job fair or walk-in round etc.

Guffey & Loewy, 10th ed., 2016

Hiring or Placement Interviews

These interviews are conducted after screening in order to select the best suitable candidate
for the position. These comprise of different forms such as:

• One-on-One Interviews
• Panel Interviews
• Group Interviews
• Sequential Interviews
• Group Interviews
Guffey & Loewy, 10th ed., 2016
One-on-One Interviews:
This is the most common type where the interviewer and the interviewee may speak
to each other on one to one basis.

Panel Interviews:
A group of people from different departments of the organization may sit as a panel
to evaluate and finalize the candidates.

Group Interviews:
A number of potential candidates are interviewed at the same time. The major
purpose of these types of interviews is to evaluate the leadership skills and the
communication styles of the interviewees.
Sequential Interviews:
Sequential interviews are planned to enable number of meetings between the interviewee
and the interviewer/s over a course of time. These might be done through a panel or on
one-to-one basis and different people from the management may serve as interviewers.

Group Interviews:
This is comparatively an uncommon type of the interview where the interviewee is
planned to go through some unlikable condition. This is deliberately done to check the
temperament of the interviewee.
Preparing for the interview:
• Find out the information about the employer and the vacant position.
• Rehearse the success stories telling about your past experiences.
• Clean-up the digital dirt. Your social media should not present any negativity.
• Prepare notes on your professional and academic strengths.
• You should draft your comprehensive personal profile in an answer to such prompts as,
“Tell us about yourself”.
• Make sure you pick up the most professional and decent dress for your day.
• Calculate the time ahead for any unforeseen incident in commuting to the interview
place.
• Major Don’ts
• Wearing gaudy, dangling or loud stuff.
• Wearing dark makeup.
• Chewing bubble or any other stuff.
• Interrupting while the interviewee or any panelist is speaking.
• Speaking ill of your current or ex-employee.
• Major Don’ts
• Emphasizing too much on salary benefits.
• Criticizing or complaining about anything which implies negativity.
• Texting or receiving calls while the interview.
• Being impatient or repeating the same questions.
• Talking about any of your weaknesses or lacking.
Answering Difficult & Traditional questions:

• Read Page 485-491 of the book Guffey, M. E., & Lowey, D. (2016). Essentials of
Business Communication (10th ed.). Boston: Cengage Learning

And

• Watch
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=78QYByF3Jm8&feature=youtu.be