interview techniques
Candidate assessment strategies
Interview techniques are methods used to conduct or succeed in interviews.
For interviewers, this includes questioning strategies, rapport-building, and ways to elicit useful information: The detective's interview techniques got the suspect talking.
For job candidates, it means preparation, self-presentation, and handling difficult questions: She practiced her interview techniques before meeting with the hiring committee.
- body languageUnspoken physical expression
- eye contactDirect visual connection
- active listeningFocused, responsive attention to speech
- open-ended questionsQueries permitting free responses
- leading questionsInquiries suggesting expected answers
storytelling · behavioral questions · probing · empathy · confidence · clarity · communication skills · scoring rubrics · hiring manager · interviewing · adaptability · forensic psychology · note-taking · competency · research · time management · hypothetical scenarios · self-assessment
- journalismreporters, editors, student editors, school paper, news
- fieldworkfieldwork, field work, field journal, field guide, field study
- clinical interviewspsychiatric evaluation, psychiatric history, clinical assessment, mental health assessment, patient history
- fraud investigationforensic accounting, forensic audit, fraud detection, financial fraud, fraudulent schemes
- genealogyfamily trees, family history, descendants, ancestors, ancestry tracing
- sociologysocial structure, social class, social institutions, social norms, social mobility
interview techniquessmall talk
Polite trivial conversation
shooting the breeze · idle chatter · chitchat · gossip · banter
interview techniqueswinging it
Proceeding without preparation
natural instinct · improvisation · flying blind · ad-libbing · gut feeling