| PURPOSE OF JOB INTERVIEW | | | | asked, where as in the less structured interview the |
| The first step to winning in a job is to be cleared as to | | | | applicant plays a lager role in determining the way in |
| the purpose of the interview. The job interview is not a | | | | which the discussion will go. |
| battlefront where one opponent is contesting to | | | | FOUR INTERVIEW METHODS. |
| triumph over the other. It is a two way process | | | | 1. Non-directive Interview. |
| involving you and the interviewer, whose main purpose | | | | 2. Depth Interview. |
| is to find out the most suitable applicant, who meets | | | | 3. Patterned Interview. |
| requirements of the position being interviewed and | | | | 4. Special Interview methods. |
| who can add value exceptionally when compared to | | | | Non-directive Interview: In this method the interviewer |
| other applicants. | | | | carefully refrains from influencing the applicants |
| On the other side, for applicant, it is an opportunity not | | | | remarks. You will be allowed the maximum amount of |
| only to demonstrate your abilities, skills and | | | | freedom in determining the course of the discussion. |
| qualifications that makes you a strong and possibly the | | | | This is achieved by the interviewer asking broad and |
| most suitable candidate for that position, but also to | | | | general questions such as "Tell me more about your |
| find out more about the organisation, from deep | | | | experiences in your last job" and by permitting the |
| interest in working;if they really fit into your career | | | | applicant to talk freely with minimum interruption. |
| goals. This is usually achieved when given an | | | | Generally, the non-directive method is characterised by |
| opportunity to ask questions at the concluding session | | | | such interviewer behaviour such as; listening carefully, |
| of the interview. | | | | not arguing, using question sparingly and not interrupting |
| Having understood central concept of job interviews, it | | | | or changing the subject abruptly or suddenly. |
| is necessary to know also, the various methods | | | | Depth Interview: The depth interview goes a step |
| employed by recruiters in interviewing job applicants. | | | | beyond the non-directive interview by providing |
| METHODS OF INTERVIEWING BY RECRUITERS | | | | additional structure in the form of questions that cover |
| Employment or selection interviews are classified | | | | different areas of your life that are related to the job. |
| primarily according to the methods or approaches that | | | | You will be expected to answer each question in |
| are used to obtain information and to elicit attitudes | | | | depth enough so as to permit the interviewer to obtain |
| and feeling from an applicant. These methods differ | | | | sufficient information to make an evaluation. Example |
| from one another in various ways. | | | | of such question: |
| The most important difference is with respect to the | | | | 1. Tell me about yourself. |
| amount of control or structure that is exercised by the | | | | 2. What would you tell me about your work |
| interviewer as a particular method is used. In the highly | | | | history;how you got the jobs, the kind of work you did |
| structured interview the interviewer determines the | | | | and your reason for leaving. |
| course that interview will follow as each question is | | | | |