Interview Hints & Tips
Executive Resourcing HR Consulting People Development
Hints and Tips for those Sitting on Both Sides of the
Interview Table
Employer Candidate
• Check you have the right CV
• Avoid across the table interviews – use a
round table
• Have the job description to hand
• Be on time, smartly presented and offer
refreshments
• Try to ‘break the ice’ with the candidate in
order to relax them
• Be consistent with your questioning of all
candidates
• Base questions around required competencies
• Phrase questions differently if you are not
getting response you want
• Avoid company jargon which may not be
understood by candidates
• Be prepared to answer candidates questions
• Give a clear indication if your recruitment
process and time scales
• Provide quality feedback on candidate
• Do your own research on the company
beforehand
• Be familiar with your CV
• Prepare for questions that are likely to be
asked of you
• Don’t be late – allow time for travel & know
where you are going
• Be presentable – smart clean & tidy
• Be confident – avoid waffling your answers &
don’t fiddle with your hands or hair
• Seek clarification on a question if you are not
sure or misheard
• Give examples in your answers where
appropriate
• Prepare several questions to ask that are
relevant
• Maintain eye contact with your interviewer
• Ask for feedback at the end of interview
Remember that this is a 2-way process and allows both parties
to ask questions, get to know each other and be sure that it is
the right opportunity for both
Executive Resourcing HR Consulting People Development
Hints and Tips for those Sitting on Both Sides of the Interview Table
Employer Candidate
- Check you have the right CV
- Avoid across the table interviews – use around table
- Have the job description to hand
- Be on time, smartly presented and offer refreshments
- Try to ‘break the ice’ with the candidate inorder to relax them
- Be consistent with your questioning of allcandidates
- Base questions around required competencies
- Phrase questions differently if you are notgetting response you want
- Avoid company jargon which may not beunderstood by candidates
- Be prepared to answer candidates questions
- Give a clear indication if your recruitmentprocess and time scales
- Provide quality feedback on candidate
- Do your own research on the company beforehand
- Be familiar with your CV
- Prepare for questions that are likely to beasked of you
- Don’t be late – allow time for travel & knowwhere you are going• Be presentable – smart clean & tidy
- Be confident – avoid waffling your answers &don’t fiddle with your hands or hair
- Seek clarification on a question if you are notsure or misheard
- Give examples in your answers whereappropriate
- Prepare several questions to ask that arerelevant
- Maintain eye contact with your interviewer
- Ask for feedback at the end of interviewRemember that this is a 2-way process and allows both partiesto ask questions, get to know each other and be sure that it isthe right opportunity for both
