Report on Interview Process, Types, Roles, and References

This report provides a detailed overview of the interview process, including the stages from shortlisting to job offer. It outlines different types of interviews, such as information gathering and appraisal interviews, and explains their specific purposes and characteristics. The report further explores the...Read More

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

Types of interview
There can be mainly three types of interviews:
1. Information gathering
2. Job
3. Appraisal

Information gathering
Information gathering interviews are done to gather some useful
information(Vrij, Hope & Fisher, 2014). These kind of interviews are
focused on gathering the background information of any case.
These interviews can be of different types-
• Investigation
• Survey
• Research purpose

Job interview
These kind of interviews are conducted by an organization to study
the background knowledge of the applicant for a job(Paulhus et al,
2013). The key questions of job interview are mainly based on-
• Future Career goals
• Knowledge about the job and organization
• Personal interests
• Background of education

Appraisal
• Appraisal interviews are conducted to help management know their
employees better(Anstey, Fletcher & Walker, 2017).
• These interview also helps to improve and develop new skill sets for the
employee.
• These kind of interviews help to set future goals for the organization.
• Builds better relationship among the employees.

Role of Interviewer and
Interviewee in an interview
Roles of Interviewer-
• They play an integral part in the process of interview.
• They must possess good knowledge about the subject and should be
able to generate good questions.
• The interviewer should have a interviewee point of view.
• They are responsible for building the interview.
Roles of interviewee-
• The interviewee should be informative and should know how to
structure sentences.
• Should provide a balanced picture of the required topic.
• They should be confident, punctual and properly dressed.

References
ANSTEY, E., FLETCHER, C., & WALKER, J. (2017). STAFF APPRAISAL AND
DEVELOPMENT. ROUTLEDGE.
CASTILLO-MONTOYA, M. (2016). PREPARING FOR INTERVIEW RESEARCH: THE
INTERVIEW PROTOCOL REFINEMENT FRAMEWORK. THE QUALITATIVE
REPORT, 21(5), 811-831.
PAULHUS, D. L., WESTLAKE, B. G., CALVEZ, S. S., & HARMS, P. D. (2013). SELF‐
PRESENTATION STYLE IN JOB INTERVIEWS: THE ROLE OF PERSONALITY AND
CULTURE. JOURNAL OF APPLIED SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY, 43(10), 2042-2059.
VRIJ, A., HOPE, L., & FISHER, R. P. (2014). ELICITING RELIABLE INFORMATION IN
INVESTIGATIVE INTERVIEWS. POLICY INSIGHTS FROM THE BEHAVIORAL AND BRAIN
SCIENCES, 1(1), 129-136.

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