Question

PART A: What is a Structured Interview?: briefly indicate TWO (2) benefits of such an interviewing approach in the candidate selection process.

PART B: What are Situational Interview questions? What are they trying to discover about a candidate’s competency? (HINT: They are based on Critical Incident Analysis – See READING 6.B.)

PART C: What are TWO (2) long term benefits of effective Onboarding and Orientation of new employees. READING 7.A.

PART D: What is the difference in the focus of Technical Onboarding and Social Onboarding within and organization? Briefly describe. READING 7.B.

Answer 1

PART A:

In a structured interview, all candidates are asked the same questions and there are clear criteria for the assessment of the quality of their responses. Structured interviews that are talent-focused are better than those focused on knowledge and skills, which is because of their objective nature. All candidates are asked the same questions based on the requirement for a particular role. Two benefits of such an interview process are:

1. The interviewers can evaluate all candidates equally using the desired and required criteria for any role.

2. Since the interviewers use the same questions and evaluate all answers based on the same criteria they get a better opportunity to objectively identify the right candidates, the best fitting ones, in terms of the culture and skills, ensuring diversity in the process as well.