Interview Formats

Question 1

Interview Formats:

Answer 1

1) Preliminary Interview 2) non-structured Interview 3) In-depth interview 4) Pattern Interview 5) Structure Interviews 5) Clinical Interview

Question 2

Describe Preliminary Interview

Answer 2

brief discussion to screen qualifications of applications to determine if to interview them (i.e. telephone interview)

Question 3

Describe Non-structured Interview

Answer 3

open-ended questions and lets applicant talk and expand their answers

Question 4

Describe In-depth Interview

Answer 4

very structured interview - limits applicants responses to questions

Question 5

Describe Patterned interview

Answer 5

All questions are highly structured and sequential (think MA phone triage)

Question 6

Describe Structured Interview

Answer 6

Statistical Interview with lots of open-ended questions and use a rating scale to assign a number value for each response

Question 7

Describe Clinical Interview

Answer 7

Is just walking into an interview with no set questions and using your gut instinct whether someone will fit in.

Question 8

What are interview and appraisal panels used for?

Answer 8

To have more than one person involved to adjust for bias and then assign a global score

Question 9

Interview question - do’s and dont’s

Answer 9

1) can ask if they were convicted of a crime not if they were arrested 2) can ask if they drink but not if counseling or treatment was sought 3) Can ask if they can do the tasks of a job but not if they have physical limitations 4) can require medical info and med exam or drug testing ONLY AFTER AN OFFER OF HIRE