Structured Interviews

Virtually all employers use interviews as part of their candidate selection processes. Using a structured interview process provides better, more consistent and reliable results than informal interviews by enabling a standard comparison of qualifications across candidates, regardless of who conducts the interview. Structured interviews are more valid and legally defensible than informal employment interviews.

Valtera designs structured interviews tailored to your organization and its needs. These interviews are based on data gathered in a job analysis which focus the interview on job-relevant questions. More than simply a set of questions, structured interviews provide information that allows interviewers to evaluate candidates on clearly defined criteria and standardizes the interview process across candidates to obtain consistent and comparable information about job-relevant dimensions. They assist interviewers in effectively evaluating the information obtained to improve their judgments and decision making.

Structured interviews can be implemented as part of a larger selection system or as the sole decision-making tool.

Interviewer Training

Trained interviewers provide more accurate evaluations of a candidate's interview responses and, in turn, make better selection decisions. By customizing training with interview content and organizational needs, Valtera empowers interviewers to be more successful. Skills included training typically include:

• Building rapport
• Constructing and asking effective and appropriate follow-up questions
• Avoiding asking legally-sensitive questions
• Treating all candidates equitably and fairly
• Applying common evaluation standards across candidates
• Maintaining accurate documentation
• Scoring or evaluating interview dimensions accurately and effectively
• Calibrating interviewer ratings