How To Interview Someone

This is an instructional video providing advice on how to conduct an interview.  It gives information on understanding resumes and ensuring a smooth interpersonal interaction. Enlarge

How To Interview Someone

This is an instructional video providing advice on how to conduct an interview. It gives information on understanding resumes and ensuring a smooth interpersonal interaction.

We're going to look at how to interview. The first thing you need to remember, is to make sure you are prepared, and that you have actually read the CV of the person you are about to interview. When you are looking at the CV, look at any previous experience that's relating to the job that you are interviewing them for, and have some questions prepared.

For example, if you want them to expand on a point, and give you some examples of what they have actually done. You may also want to clarify things like dates, and job titles, as sometimes these can get a bit confused on a person's CV. When you are interviewing, make sure that it has a conversational tone to it.

The person that you are interviewing doesn't want to feel like you are going through a questionnaire. If you keep it natural, you are more likely to get a truthful response to your questions. Do remember that the person you are interviewing is going to be nervous, so make sure you don't make too many snap judgments at the beginning of the interview.

Near the end of the interview, do make sure you do ask the person if they have any questions for you. They may have prepared some, but it also gives them a chance to speak and see how they come across in that situation. After the interview, do make sure that you do follow up.

Even if that person hasn't been successful, it's really important that you give that person constructive feedback. Tell them what they did well, and tell them on what any improvements you think they could make for future interviews. This will make sure that they feel that the interview itself was really a useful experience, and will only be a useful promotion for you and the company.

And that is how to interview. .