BUSINESS

COMMUNICATION
A PROJECT WORK ON INTERVIEW AND ITS SIGNIFICANCE.

SUBMITTED TO:
PROF: CHANDRA
DUBEY
 WHAT IS AN INTERVIEW?

 An interview is essentially a structured

conversation where one participant asks
questions, and the other provides answers.
In common parlance, the word "interview"
refers to a one-on-one conversation
between an interviewer and an interviewee.
PURPOSE OF CONDUCTING
INTERVIEW:
 The purpose of conducting interviews is to collect
information from a single person through a systematic
and structured format. Individual interviews can often
provide in-depth context, stories, and discussion
related to one or more topics that are pertinent to the
needs assessment.
 The purpose of an interview is twofold: It shows the
employer what you can do for the company, and it
gives you an opportunity to assess whether your
qualifications and career ambitions align with the
position.
 1. Verifies the information obtained through application
form and tests.
 2.Helps obtain additional information from the applicant
otherwise not available.
 3.Gives the candidate necessary facts and information
about the job and the organisation.
 4.Helps establish mutual understanding between the
company and the candidate and build the company’s
image.
DISTINGUISH BETWEEN STRUCTURED AND
UNSTRUCTURED INTERVIEW:
 The structured interview uses preset questions, which are asked to
all the candidates. On the other extreme, in an unstructured
interview, the questions which are asked are not determined in
advance, rather they are spontaneous.
Data collection Quantitative Qualitative

Research Descriptive Exploratory

Type of Questions Closed-ended questions Open-ended questions

Factors evaluated Explicit Implicit

Used by Positivist Interpretivist

Application To validate To probe personal
results, when the details of the
number of candidate, so as
candidates is to judge if he is
quite large. the right person
for the job.
 STYLES OF INTERVIEWS:
1. Behavioural Interviews:
2. Case interviews:
3. Planned or Structured Interviews:
4. 4. Planned or Structured Interviews:
4. Planned or Structured Interviews:
Telephone interviews:
Unstructured interviews:
9. One-to-one interviews: