INTERVIEW PROCESS

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- Suvetha R
Interview:

A formal meeting in person,

especially one arranged for the
assessment of the qualifications
of an applicant.
Importance of Interview

● Interviews help in selecting the right candidate from a group of applicants,

who applied for a job.
● Interviews are a medium to help collect useful information about potential
candidates.
● Information given in the application form or resume is very less. Recruiters
can ask the candidates to provide an elaborate explanation during the
interview.
● A good interviewer gives good impression about the organization, which in
turn increases the goodwill of the organization.
● Interviews also help in promotions and transfers of the candidates, as per the
requirements of the organization.
Types of interview
● Structured interview
● Unstructured interview
● Group interview
● Depth interview
● Stress interview
● Individual interview
● Informal interview
● Formal interview
● Panel interview
● Exit interview
Context, Content, Contact
A recruitment interview consists of context, content and contact.
• The context of a recruitment interview is your need to discover whether a
person can do a job well or not.
• The content of a recruitment interview consists of a logical structure, an order of
questions and answers in which you and the interviewee learn about each
other.
• The contact of a recruitment interview is the extent to which there is a matching
of needs between the interviewee and the organization.
How to interview?
The following 5 P's should be taken into consideration in
order to ensure effective interviewing,
● Prepare
● Purpose
● Performance
● People skills
● Process
Steps in interview process
An ideal interview process for selecting the right candidates is as follows:
 Determine the requirements of the job. Conduct a thorough job analysis.
 Prepare a specific job description and a job specification.
 Make a plan − how and where to find qualified candidates.
 Collect and review applications and resumes and from them, select the most
potential and qualified candidates for further proceedings.
 Interview the shortlisted candidates based upon the job description
and specification.
   Verify the candidates’ background with the references provided by them.
Interview process in Zoho