| Right way to choose the right person | | | | judge whether an interviewee is suitable for the post |
| Sometimes the interviewer gets confused about how | | | | or not through telephonic interview also. Try to follow |
| to choose the right person. Here are some tips which | | | | these tips for a successful telephonic interview:i) |
| would help you have the right candidate. These | | | | Take the interview while sitting in a quite location so |
| are:a) Initial communication: It is very important | | | | that you are not disturbed. It is a bad idea to take an |
| that the interviewee feels comfortable when he or she | | | | interview while you are sitting in a restaurant or out in |
| is coming for the interview. Almost everyone have | | | | the street on a windy day.ii) Always ask the |
| their nerves taut and it is your duty to make the | | | | same questions in a telephonic interview like you would |
| person feel relaxed. A warm smile, a friendly | | | | have asked if you have taken a face to face |
| handshake will do the magic. If the interviewee feels | | | | interview. Here also you should go for open ended |
| comfortable then you can get the best out of the | | | | questions and carefully listen to all the answers given |
| candidate. However, at the same time you also need | | | | by the candidateiii) Always have a pen and a |
| to keep a watchful eye on the body language of the | | | | paper ready to note down the key points in every |
| interviewer as well as the candidate’s verbal | | | | interview. Otherwise it is even better if you have the |
| communication. These will help you understand | | | | communication recorded because in a telephonic |
| whether the candidate is suitable or not for the | | | | interview it is not always possible to differentiate one |
| post.b) Questioning techniques: Always try to ask | | | | candidate from other.d) Go for psychometric |
| open-ended questions to the candidates. These | | | | tests: Recently psychometric testing has become an |
| questions generally ask for longer answers. Thus | | | | important part of job interviewing. This is necessary to |
| these answers would help you judge the personality of | | | | understand the personality of the candidate. However, |
| the candidate in a better way. Never have any ideal | | | | before you take the candidate for the test it is |
| answer in your mind before asking the questions as | | | | necessary that you have a clear idea about what you |
| the applicant might not answer like that.c) | | | | kind of personality you need the candidate to have. In |
| Telephonic interview: Sometimes it becomes | | | | a paper write down at least five traits that you are |
| necessary to go for a telephonic interview. This poses | | | | looking for and after the test compare it with the test |
| problems for many employers since you cannot see | | | | results. Make the candidate comfortable before the |
| the candidate and judge the person by his or her body | | | | test otherwise he or she might not be successful in |
| language. However, there are ways in which you can | | | | the test. |