Standard Interviews

Types on interview

This week we talked about the thre types of standard interviews which are:

1.      Selection interview- the purpose of these interviews is to screen applicants for employment, awards or membership.

2.      Information gathering interview-  interviews that focus on generating interviews from the parties involved.

3.      Persuasion interview- used to reinforce a position, recruit, or change the mind of individuals in the interview situation.

I have been selection interviews, when I applied for a work& study program in the university , in the library of the university. I also have been part of information gathering interview but as a interviewr when I has a project to do in my lesson Identity & Culture, the interview was  CROSS-CULTURE INTERVIEW, and I was gathering information about culture of the person interviewed, and I also have been part of others interview gathetrin information.

Have you ever been in one of these types of interview and which of them , can you explain?

From: Interviewing, Glencoe, Professional Communication Series pp.13-15)