What is an Interview? Information 2022

How to have a
successful
interview?

What is an interview?
• Interview is an one-to-one conversation between an interviewer and an
interviewee.
• Interviews provide rich as well as qualitative data to understand the
experiences of the participant by the researchers (Castillo-Montoya,
2016).
• Interviews are not like speeches which are unidirectional and are more
like a conversation.

Steps of an Interview
1. Shortlisting-The first step to any interview is getting
shortlisted(Horan, 2019). This includes the submission of a tailored
CV to the desired organization.
2. Screening interview- These days many companies are arranging for
a pre test before the final interview.
3. First round of Interview- In this step the employee determines the
ability of the candidate and how fit are they for the job.
4. Second round of Interview- This is an additional step where there
are different managers in an organization and they want the
employee to get approval from every level.
5. Third round of Interview- This might be a step where the
organization might call the participant for another round of
interview and more details about the company are provided to the
participant.
6. Job offer- This is the final step of getting a job where the final offer is