Looking back on the term I think the most important thing I learned this term was the variations between structured and unstructured interviews and their limitations. These two interview types allow for an organization to better set up interviews that focus more on the job and the organization as a whole through specifically built guiding questions or the lack thereof. I have been in several interviews (both as the interviewee and the interviewer) and was never truly focused on how we approached the interview.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Knowing these differences is key to not only avoiding possible legal issues due to issues such as an information bias or similarity bias appearing through an unstructured interview but can also help to better find a candidate that fits the job’s needs rather than a candidate who we \u201cfeel\u201d is right. The guiding questions used in a structured interview are a perfect way to not only steer the interview but also help interviewers avoid the primacy effect (earlier information carries more weight in an interview than later info.)and truly see their candidate for their abilities and fit rather than following their gut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
While we may see unstructured interviews as a more \u201ccomfortable\u201d approach for the interviewer and interviewee, the lack of a set question bank to ask from can open the door to legal concerns as a question asked to one candidate may not be asked to someone else creating a possible bias between candidates if made public. These interviews also open the door to decisions being made based on similarities between interviewers and interviewees as this type of decision-making is a human tendency, that we avoid normally through pre-set questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A structured interview, on the other hand, is designed to simply be focused on the job, not as much on the individual. The provided guiding questions help us to properly lay out and plan for an interview with a set goal in mind. While also helping us avoid biases and legal troubles, even if candidates are not always the fondest of these approaches. Overall, no matter the format of the interview used, in my mind knowing the differences and ways to approach these interviews allows you as an HR rep.\/manager to properly approach a candidate and make sure you are looking for a candidate that best suits the job rather than best suits your wants.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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