Successful Recruitment

CHAPTER 5

Preparing for the Interview

This chapter covers creating the right environment for the interview, the interview timetable, defining and agreeing panel members’ roles, the interview plan, preparing your questions, and timekeeping.

I will cover what needs to be done to:

• Create the right environment for the interviews.
• Draw up the interview timetable.
• Define and agree panel members’ roles and responsibilities.
• Draw up the interview plan.
• Prepare the interview questions.
• Make effective use of video interviewing.

Creating the Right Environment

Creating the right environment begins with ensuring that interview candidates are able to easily find their way to your office and, when they do, that they are able to get into the building and find ...