Types of Interview

1. Informational Interview - An Informational Interview is a meeting in which a job seeker asks for advice rather than employment. The job seeker uses the interview to gather information on the field, find employment leads and expand their professional network. This differs from a job interview because the job seeker asks the questions. There may or may not be employment opportunities available.

2. Screening Interview - typically do not attempt to determine if you are the best fit for the job. Instead they attempt to determine whether or not you are generally a good match for the job. (Subsequent interviews will determine if you are the best fit.) It is for this reason that human screeners tend to "dig for dirt" during screening interviews.

3. Telephone Interview - A telephone interview is a pre-scheduled interview that takes place between a recruiter and a candidate who has applied for a job role that takes place over the telephone. Telephone interviews are usually fairly straightforward and are mainly used to screen poor candidates out of an interview process, rather than to test high quality ones. Often, all recruiters will be looking for from candidates during a telephone interview will be a calm, confident telephone manner and an intelligent set of responses to interview questions.

4. One-on-one Interview - It's about two people sitting down to have a conversation. In this case, the conversation has a particular purpose: To determine whether there is a natural fit between the interviewer, the applicant and the job available. Both parties will leave this conversation with some kind of a judgment. The interviewer will know whether you can fulfill the responsibilities of the position, and you will know whether or not this is the right position, and company, for you to utilize and expand upon your talents.

5. Group Interview - Sometimes referred to as a panel interview, it usually consists of three or more people, all firing questions at you. Direct your answer to the individual asking the question, but strive to maintain some eye contact with the other members of the group.

6. Lunch Interview - This type of interview assesses how well you can handle yourself in a social situation. Company representatives may include the hiring manager, a Human Resource Department member, and one or more peer employees. Choose your meal selection carefully. Will it be easy to eat? Spilling on your blouse or tie is not likely to make a favorable impression.

7. Stress Interview - introduces you not to an interviewer, but to an interrogator. The interview is one in which you're treated as though you're the enemy. The "interrogator" asks you a number of offensive questions that are designed to deliberately make you uncomfortable. Keep your cool, take your time in responding to the questions, and when its all over, reward yourself.

8. Multimedia / Video Conference Interview - Some companies today use video conferences to conduct meetings or carry out other aspects of their business. Conducting an interview via video conference enables a company to save travel costs and still have, in effect, a "person-to-person" interview. If the thought of facing a camera during an interview frightens you, practice before a video camera or a mirror.

9. Committee Interview - A kind of interview where 2 or 3 members of the organization or company interviewed the applicant.

10. Case Interview - A job interview in which the applicant is given a question/situation/problem/challenge and asked to resolve the situation. The case problem is often a business situation or a business case that the interviewer has worked on in real life.

TYPES OF COMPUTER ASSISTED JOB INTERVIEWS

1. Internet interview method - Through the Internet, it not only captures applicant, applications, and interviews; it uses the dimensional analysis and ranking algorithms to make order out of an otherwise overwhelming situation. On-line, it automatically converts screens into Web pages, giving applicants the freedom to submit applications and skills inventories, and even to complete job interviews from the comfort of their homes.

2. Computer-assisted telephone interviewing (CATI) is a telephone surveying technique in which the interviewer follows a script provided by a software application. The software is able to customize the flow of the questionnaire based on the answers provided, as well as information already known about the participant.

3. Computer-assisted personal interviewing (CAPI) is an interviewing technique similar to computer assisted telephone interviewing, except that the interview takes place in person instead of over the telephone. The respondent or the interviewer sits in front of a computer terminal and enters the answers into the computer. If an emphasis is put on the fact, that no personal interviewer is present, sometimes the term Computer-assisted self interviewing (CASI) is also used.