How to Conduct an Interview?
We have often seen a lot of posts, books, articles, notes and other stuff related to the preparation of an interview. But we rarely have seen something written about how it is to be conducted? Interview conduction may sound as an easy task, but it’s not so. One needs highly professional skills to conduct an interview. Also, everyone comes with their best ever preparation while appearing for an interview, to take out the most deserving one who is also suitable per organisation’s demands is a hard task. As one has to choose the best from the greats. In this article, we are going to help you with your understanding about an interview conduction so as to make the task easier for you. The article is divided into four main parts, read each part carefully to make the most of this piece of writing. Following are the four parts
- Prepare Questions
- Steer the Interview
- Always Record the Answers
- Give Feedback
Follow these four steps to conduct successful interview. You do not need to get confused from the terms because we will discuss every step in detail. Moreover, what sort of things an interviewer can do to make that interview better one?
First Step: Prepare Questions
When it comes to interviewing, it is always best to prepare the questions in advance so as not to miss anything, and make some copies of it to be handed out to each person who is going to interview the candidates. Now query is how to make list of those questions. Very simple is that, interviewer’s just need to read few articles and magazines for help. Afterwards they need to relate those helping material with the job subject they are offering. In addition, always draw little boxes in front of questions so you can tick them if interviewee answers you right. So in this way they can conduct good interview in an easiest manner for contenders.
Second Step: Steer the Interview
Steer the interview means to look up for the relevant information. Normally during interview, contenders jump to irrelevant information as well while answering the questions. Therefore, keep your one eye on the list of questions and interrupt interviewee to get on the exact topic. Moreover, check the box of questions that are answered correctly by the applicant as it will help you in checking applicants potential and skills at ease. Interviewers should behave professionally so if you behave in an ignorant way that is not wrong.
Third Step: Record the Answers
Yes, it is true that conducting an interview is tricky task. Therefore, not only make notes but also keep a recorder along with you while taking interview. You might be thinking how it will be helpful? It will assist interviewers in following ways
- You can hear the answers after interview while compiling results
- You can check the confident level of contender that whether he respond you in a state of nervousness of confidently
- In case if you missed out any point while noting down the answers, record answers will facilitated you in that way
Recording can be done effortlessly on interview time by using
- Mobile
- Recorder
Fourth Step: Feedback
Always in the end of interview, interviewers should give little bit feedback to the applicants about their performance. Without it a perfect interview can never be conducted so make sure not to ignore this last step. It is important to conduct interview not to only appoint candidates but also to maintain repute of your organization.
Basically conducting an interview is not as much difficult but it all depends on your way of conducting it. Therefore, by keeping above points, anybody can conduct positive interview as well as can increase repute of that particular association. So are you ready now?
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