Effective interviews must surround the needs and requirements that surround the position being sought for. An effective interview is structured well, is engaging and most of all seeks to understand the insights of the potential candidate. The candidate’s understanding of the position is only half of the goal, the other half is how they see this position and how they see their impact within the company.
Within interviews there needs to be an understanding of the shared objective between the individual being hired and the individual doing the hiring. Typically, the interviewer knows what they are looking for. Does the person being interviewed have a good understanding of the job? Does this person have the skill set required? Does this person have the ability to fit into the social and work environments within the company? The answers to these questions are crucial to understanding whether the individual will have a long lasting impact within the company. Individuals who are not a proper fit in this regard will often be quick turnovers which in the end waste the resources of the company and often can lead to missing out on good talent.
A key component to understanding this dynamic within individuals is their ability to answer open ended type questions. These questions are not simply yes or no, they instead seek to engage with the person to unwrap how they internally analyze those questions. This is crucial as it will expose how this individual will work with others down the road. It will show their willingness to collaborate and work together within their future teams to reach the overarching goals of the organization.
Overall, the ability for individuals to collaborate will be shown through an effective and well structured interview. Interviews that are unstructured and seem chaotic will not result in helpful evaluation of the individuals who are being interviewed. More so, well structured interviews will aim to connect the person being interviewed with the person who is doing the interviewing. This connection will allow for a more in depth understanding of who the person being interviewed is and where they are wanting to go in their own lives. Often times, this is enough to gauge whether an individual is a good fit or not.
