General consideration of an Interviewer before conducting interview:
Giving an interview is equally important as taking interview, one has to
be very careful while giving an interview, there are following guidelines in
general which could enable an interviewer to conduct a good and effective
interview.
a) Preparation
b) Conduct during interview
c) Evaluation
a) Preparation: The interviewer should prepare himself before the interview;
the following points are to be considered in this regard.
1. Reading applicant’s Resume: There is much information provider in his resume
so the resume should be read in detail. So as to asks the question in the
perspective of resume.
2. Being aware of state Regulation: There are many policies and rules and
regulation made by a state about the recruitment of employees. The interviewer
should be aware of them so as to avoid any prospective lawsuit.
3. Planning the questions: The interviewer should plan the pattern of
question, the number of question types length duration etc. should be clear in
the mind of interviewer.
4. Omitting personal bias: There might be many biases in the minds of
interviewer about the candidates. In order to make the interviewee fair he
should avoid these biases.
b) Conduct during the interview: Having prepared for the interview the
interviewer should consider the following points during interview.
1. Letting the candidate speak: The main objective of interview is to
have the information from the candidate as much as possible, so interviewer
should let the candidate speak as much as possible.
2. Using the language of candidate: If there is no restoration regarding
the language such a language should be used in which the candidate feels easy
and free.
3. Avoiding arguing with the candidate: The purpose of interview is to
evaluate the candidate not to solve a dispute, so argumentation with the
candidate should be avoided.
4. Not interrupting the candidate: The candidate is already under a lot
of pressure. So the candidate should not be interrupted.
5. Controlling the emotions: During the interview there are many stages
on which the interviewers might get emotional. This may cause failures to the
interview process.
6. Establishing eye contact: In order to be confident and the put the
candidate at case, the interviewer should establish an eye contact with the
candidate.
7. Using body language: Use of body language can play an important to
make the question clear the candidate.
8. Asking open ended questions instantly: The close or dead ended
questions are not very useful to acquire more information. So open-ended
question should be asked as much as possible.
c) Evaluation: After the interview the last step is to evaluate the
interviewee. For this purpose there are following points which should be given
importance.
1. No personal bias: There might be many candidates with whom the
interviewer may have personal bias. This should be avoided in any case so as to
hire the potential people.
2. Clear cut standards: The interviewer should try to establish a
clear-cut standard for evaluation such as point system.
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