The
interview process is a strategic discussion to find out if both the parties are
a good match. It should not be a controlled or one-sided questioning session;
because then the candidate will only be saying what you want to hear. In an
interview, both the people across the table have their own objectives and at
the end of a successful interview; both should have been achieved.
A
good resource is one of the most important and key ingredient in running a
business or project successfully. The reliability and stability of an
individual is very important to be judged during an interview, because after
the hiring process takes place, it is a very tedious affair to train and
stabilize an unreliable candidate.
The focus of an interview is to find out whether the experience or qualifications of the person meets the
job requisites, what are the strength and weaknesses of the candidate and also to identify if
the candidate’s personality matches that of the organization. As an
interviewer, you will need to get his true personality out and understand
his/her real time abilities.
Preparing
for the interview: Most interviewers take the prospect of interviewing a
candidate as a very light and tedious affair and don’t bother to do much
home-work before going to the interview room. After all, it is the candidate who
is looking for the job. This kind of high-handed attitude is either going to
give you a completely unsuitable resource or your poor judgment might make you
lose a good prospect. Just like a candidate does, even the interviewer needs to
do a bit of preparation before going to meet the candidate. Here are some of
the things you can do for the preparation:
