Preparing for an interview

• Establish job requirements

• Make notes of incomplete questions

• Study all written material

• State preliminary ideas for further exploration in the interview

• Be careful not to ask discriminatory questions

• Beware of your own prejudices

• Plan the areas that you want to cover

• Consider questions analysing topics such as planning, organising, problem analysis, risk taking, etc

Opening the interview

• Establish rapport

• Explain purpose of the interview

Obtaining information

• Ask job related questions

  • Make use of open-ended questions

  • Use follow-up questions

  • Emphasise the present rather than the past

Closing the interview

• Give applicant a chance to ask questions