- Open ended questions – An open-ended question is one which requires more than a simple ‘Yes’ or ‘No’.
- A One Step Probe is a question designed to collect a limited amount of basis information. These question usually begin with who, what when and where.
- A Two Step probe -Sometimes, to probe the information further or to build the motivational context around it, the one step probe is followed up by asking why.
- Pause/Silence – A pause or silence is an interview technique whereby the interviewer simply pauses or remains silent. After some embarrassing moments, the other party usually offers more information to fill the void.
- The echo – The echo is an interview technique in which the interviewer simply repeats or echoes the response of the candidate, in the form of a question.
- Comparison and Contrast – With the Comparison / Contrast technique, the interviewer asks the candidate to compare, or contrast, two or more items or events. It is a pretty powerful technique.
- The Compliment – A technique of offering praise for some accomplishment made by the candidate, to get him to disclose more.
- Seeking Examples – In this, the interviewer asks for examples to support a broad sweeping statement made by he candidate.
- Self disclosure – A technique in which the interviewer discloses something of a personal nature, in order to help the candidate feel more comfortable and relaxed about a potentially sensitive topic.
- Situational Questions – Situational questions is a behaviour based interview technique whereby –
- The interviewer describes a real or hypothetical problem and asks the candidate what he or she would do — OR
- Follows up a statement made by the candidate and forces him to place it in perspective by using the behavioral STAR ( Situation, Task, Actions, Results ) technique
- The Situation or Task leading to the applicant’s actions.
- The specific Actions taken or not taken by the applicant.
- The Results or changes caused by these actions.
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