Section C: Interview

Case Scenario 2: The following case scenario provides the background information for your answers in Section C.

You are the HR Manager, and you would be conducting a selection interview for 7 job applicants for a sales executive position. The interviewers are yourself, the line manager and the recruitment specialist.

1C. Selection interview is an important part of the selection process in HRM. Why? (25 - 50 Words) (1 Mark) (ILO: A1)

2C. Each candidate would meet the three interviewers who are seated together. Each interviewer would ask a predetermined set of questions to the candidate and the responses would be graded against the standard answers. Explain the type of interview being conducted in this scenario? Mention an advantage of this type of interview from the HR managers point of view? (25 - 50 Words) (1 Mark) (ILO: A1, B3, C2)

3C. Each candidate would meet the three interviewers, one after the other, who are seated at different rooms. Note that all the interviewers asked the candidate different questions without any standard answers for grading. Explain the type of interview being conducted in this scenario? Mention an advantage of this type of interview from the candidate's point of view? (25 - 50 Words) (1 Mark) (ILO: A1, B3, C2)

4C. Explain briefly about situational, behavioral and stress interview questions and provide one example for each of these category of interview questions that could be asked to this candidate during the selection interview. (50 - 100 Words) (3 Marks) (ILO: A1, B3, C2) No. Types of interview Description An example of a Questions question 1 Situational interview question 2 Behavioural Interview questions Stress interview question 3