TYPES OF INTERVIEWS
A) The Unstructured (Non-directive) Interview
Unstructured interview is an interview where probing, open-ended question are asked. This type of interview is comprehensive and the interviewer encourages the applicant to do much of the talking.
B) The Structured (Directive Or Patterned) Interview
An interview consisting of a series of job-related questions is known as structured interview and typically contains four types of questions:
1) Situational Question
Pose a hypothetical job situation to determine what the applicant would do in that situation.
2) Job Knowledge Question
Probe the applicant’s job-related knowledge.
3) Job-Example Simulation Questions
Involve situations in which an applicant may be actually required to perform a sample task from the job.
4) Worker Requirements Questions
Seek to determine the applicant’s willingness to conform to the requirements of the job.
C) Description Interviewing
A structured interview that uses questions designed to probe the candidate’s past behaviour in specific situations. It avoids making judgments about applicants’ personalities and avoids hypothecal and self evaluative questions benchmark answer derived from behaviours of successful employees are prepared for use in rating applicant responses. Question asked in behaviour description interviewing are legally safe because they are job related.
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