I've participated in recruiting fairs and next-day interview sessions as both the interviewer and interviewee. If there's anything I've learned, it's to be organized and follow loose questions or talking points with room to flex the discussion. I personally like having conversational interviews versus hard question/answer as it tends to make both parties slightly more comfortable and honest answers aren't fluffed up by the complexity of a question on paper. If the person being interviewed is answering questions thoroughly and completely in Q/A format, I'll try not to disrupt unless the topic drifts too far from the original question.
There are times when I discover a burning question as the interviewee is talking as well as feel stumped on questions to ask or where to go next. I resist interrupting their flow and try to really focus on the point they're trying to make, and ask for clarification the second I don't understand something before my thought process gets derailed because of a minor misunderstanding. If I run out of points to discuss or get lost in thought and time is running low, I like falling back on questions like "Do you have any takeaways you want me to leave with from our interview" or "We're coming close to the end of our discussion, do you have any questions for me, or topics we might have missed that you'd like to talk about?"
Time management is important always but especially important for solid interviews. I realize this because those I host which wrap up 5 or 10 minutes early tend to be the ones I have the most uncomplicated time remembering and digesting. Personally my thoughts get cloudy if I realize I have less time remaining than expected or no time at all, so I always target wrapping up early by a few minutes to debrief and allow the person being interviewed to talk about something that may have realized last minute.
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I've participated in recruiting fairs and next-day interview sessions as both the interviewer and interviewee. If there's anything I've learned, it's to be organized and follow loose questions or talking points with room to flex the discussion. I personally like having conversational interviews versus hard question/answer as it tends to make both parties slightly more comfortable and honest answers aren't fluffed up by the complexity of a question on paper. If the person being interviewed is answering questions thoroughly and completely in Q/A format, I'll try not to disrupt unless the topic drifts too far from the original question.
There are times when I discover a burning question as the interviewee is talking as well as feel stumped on questions to ask or where to go next. I resist interrupting their flow and try to really focus on the point they're trying to make, and ask for clarification the second I don't understand something before my thought process gets derailed because of a minor misunderstanding. If I run out of points to discuss or get lost in thought and time is running low, I like falling back on questions like "Do you have any takeaways you want me to leave with from our interview" or "We're coming close to the end of our discussion, do you have any questions for me, or topics we might have missed that you'd like to talk about?"
Time management is important always but especially important for solid interviews. I realize this because those I host which wrap up 5 or 10 minutes early tend to be the ones I have the most uncomplicated time remembering and digesting. Personally my thoughts get cloudy if I realize I have less time remaining than expected or no time at all, so I always target wrapping up early by a few minutes to debrief and allow the person being interviewed to talk about something that may have realized last minute.