Beginning an Interview as the Employer

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Katie Roney. On behalf of Expert Village, we are discussing how to conduct an interview. After you've met the candidate, you've exchanged greetings, hand shakes, and maybe talked a little bit about the weather. You want to kind of get right into the things. What you do want to give them is an outline right off the bat. If you're candidate and you're walking in, you don't exactly know where the interview is going to go. Go ahead and lay it out first thing and say, "What we're going to do first is discuss this and then we're going to this. We're going to talk about your resume, the company, then your history, and then we're going to allow ourselves some time for questions." It doesn't have to be a big deal, but it does give the candidates a start and an end that way they know we're moving along. I know exactly where this interview is headed. They feel a little bit more in control, which is going to allow them to relax a little bit and maybe even become a little bit more confident while they're here waiting with you. It would probably go something like this. "Phil, thanks again for coming in. What I want to talk to you about in this particular order would be the position. We'll go over all the details and responsibilities. Then after we discuss that we'll go right into the company and talk about the history, the values, and I'll get any questions or thoughts that you may have. Then we'll go into your resume. Great. After all that of course, I want to talk to you, so we'll talk a lot about that and address any interests or concerns.""