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Interview Types - Part
10: The Tag-Team Interview
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Expecting to meet with Ms. Glenn, you might find
yourself in a room with four other people: Ms.
Glenn, two of her staff, and the Sales Director.
Companies often want to gain the insights of various
people when interviewing candidates. This method of
interviewing is often attractive for companies that
rely heavily on team cooperation. Not only does the
company want to know whether your skills balance
that of the company, but also whether you can get
along with the other workers. In some companies,
multiple people will interview you simultaneously.
In other companies, you will proceed through a
series of one-on-one interviews.
Some helpful tips for maximizing on this interview
format:
- Treat each person as an important individual.
Gain each person's business card at the beginning of
the meeting, if possible, and refer to each person
by name. If there are several people in the room at
once, you might wish to scribble down their names on
a sheet of paper according to where each is sitting.
Make eye contact with each person and speak directly
to the person asking each question.
- Use the opportunity to gain as much information
about the company as you can. Just as each
interviewer has a different function in the company,
they each have a unique perspective. When asking
questions, be sensitive not to place anyone in a
position that invites him to compromise
confidentiality or loyalty.
- Bring at least double the anecdotes and
sound-bites to the interview as you would for a
traditional one-on-one interview. Be ready to
illustrate your main message in a variety of ways to
a variety of people.
- Prepare psychologically to expend more energy
and be more alert than you would in a one-on-one
interview. Stay focused and adjustable.
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