What
are the general guidelines for effective employment interview?
Question :
What
are the general guidelines for effective employment interview?
General guidelines for effective employment interview are:
- Be prepared for the interview: Just as the
interviewer has to plan out the event in advance, so has the interviewee to be
prepared for it. As he / she has no control over the event, he / she has to be
more careful at every step. He / she has to face an interviewer or a board of
interviewers. He / she must, therefore, be very clear about the purpose of the
event.
- Has a presentable appearance: Everybody
appreciates a pleasant personality. As in the case of a presentation, so in an
interview, the concerned person’s appearance is a part of the message. Since an
interview is a formal occasion, the interviewee must be formally dressed.
Anyone having conventional standards of neatness is likely to have definite
advantage over one casually dressed for an interview.
- Show interest by making effective use of body language: Keeping eye-to-eye contact with the interviewer at once shows that the interviewee is genuinely interested in the event and keen to participate in it. He /she should also sit in a correct, confident posture, straight, balanced and not stiff in the chair offered. The hands should be neatly locked on the lap or comfortably placed on the arms of the chair.