Types of interview

1. Presenters:
Rehman Aziz
Course Instructor:
Abdul Mujeeb Farooqui

2. Employment Interview
An interview to determine whether the
applicant is suitable for the position of
employment

3. Exploratory Interviews
 Especial type of interviews.
 In exploratory interviews:
The initiative is taken by the applicant
rather than the employer

4. Peer Interviews
 In peer interviews:
The interview of an applicant is taken by the
existing employees of the organization
rather than the HR officials

5. Pros and Cons of Peer Interviews
 Advantages:
 Applicants are able to learn about the organization
 Boosts the morale of the employees
 Helps the applicant to establish good relations with others
 Disadvantages:
 Personal agendas of the employees
 Los of workers’ time

6. Departmental Interviews
A type group (panel or peer) interview in
which the applicant is placed is sent to
meet department and company co-
workers

7. Stress Interviews
 Normally used for the positions in which:
The applicant will be facing stress on the job
 Interviewer tries to stress the applicant by:
 Asking four or five questions in a row
 Asking the illogical questions
 Acting rude or sarcastic
 Disagreeing with the applicant

8. Depth Interviews
 Also known as the in depth interviews
 The purpose is:
To examine that how good the applicant
is in a particular field of interest

9. Behavioral Interviews
 It assumes that:
The past performance is the best
indicator of the future behavior
 Therefore the interviewer ask about the:
Failure and how you overcame

10. Interviewing Less Than Ideal
Candidates
Sometimes recruiters are unable to find
the ideal candidate for a position,
therefore they have to settle with less
than ideal candidate.

11. Contd…
 If it is a critical to perform a job:
 Recruiter must evaluate how critical it is to perform the job
 Moreover recruiter must evaluate:
 If the deficiency can be removed from training
 If the organization have resources to provide training
 If the organization can wait until the candidate is trained
 Will the candidate be able to be trained

12. The Undesirable Interviews

13. Meandering Interviews
 These are the undesirable interviews.
 In this type of interview:
The interviewer loss control, relies on the applicant
and allows the candidate to guide the interview
 These type of interviews shows that the interviewer is:
 Inexperienced
 Incompetent