How to Conduct a Group Interview

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This is probably the single most important step in the group interview process. You need to sit down with the other interviewers and determine how you will conduct the interview. You should decide what questions you will ask, who will ask them and how you will evaluate the performance of each candidate.

Because each key decision-maker on the interview panel probably has different priorities based on their unique position in the company, each person will have different questions. Openly discuss what those are and how you would like to address them. You don’t want to feel like you are working against each other in the interview.

Generally speaking, it is best for one of the interviewers to be in charge of managing the interview from start to finish. This person can guide the interview by giving each person an opportunity to speak and making sure that the candidates do not feel rushed.