Interview!

Interviews are very important and I am sure now everybody knows the importance of it. An interview is a conversation between the interviewer and the interviewee where questions are asked to obtain information from the interviewee. Interviews can take on many forms but no matter what all interviews share these elements:

Interaction is the sharing of ideas, messages, information or feelings between the parties in the interview

Purpose is the main reason for conducting an interview

Exchange is the continual shift in communication and control that happens during an interview situation.


Interviews have three stages:

1. Introduction stage is the most important part in the interview because it sets the tone of the interview. This means how you establish your report with the interviewee in the very first beginning, because this creates the first impression.

2. Body stage usually covers 60% of the interview. Here the participants share their personal goals, opinions and beliefs.

3. Closing stage it is important too. On the closing stage the interviewee summarize all the main points of the interview and say their last thought. This stage decide if the participants will get the second interview or not, so it is very important to built a good relationship with the interviewer.


Three types of interviewing are:

- Selection interviews are the post popular one. This means a situation in which a personnel selector, try to observe the interviewee in order to assess the candidate's suitability for a post. The objective of the selection interview is to predict the candidate's behaviour in a particular job situation.

- Information gathering interviews focus on generating information from the participants. These interviews do not need to much preparation. Examples of it are interviews in a talk show, political shows etc. Information gathering interviews are very practical because it can offer information that is more up-to-date.

- Persuasion interviews are used to change the minds of individuals. The persuasion interviews asks the person to make a decision based on the facts, after they collect all the information. A persuasive interview can be a conversation at the mall, home and other casual situations.