Effective Recruitment InterviewsIt is essential to first outline our terms of reference. Specifically, what do we mean by effective recruitment interviews? It can be said that the effectiveness of an interview process lies in its ability to identify the candidates who most closely match the requirements of the job requested. Countless recruiting decisions have been made based on the interpersonal chemistry between interviewer and candidate; some of these decisions will be successful, others will lead to failure of an unsuitable candidate. The purpose of the recruitment interview should be to maximize the likelihood of a successful selection decision. To achieve this in a repeatable manner within an organization, a set of standards that constitute best practices should be enumerated and followed as closely as possible. With the goal of objectivity in view, the process should begin long before candidates are even selected for interview. It is essential to have clear, precise and understandable job and person specifications agreed by interested parties in the interview process. Without this, interviewers may not agree on the composition of the right candidate, and without this clear and implicit agreement on which elements are most important in a candidate, any selection process is bound to encounter difficulties at the interview stage, because different interviewers will see a candidate differently; what answers are important to one interviewer may be irrelevant to another. Once these specifications have been drafted and agreed, it is a much simpler process to produce a detailed and objective interview matrix that accurately reflects the key requirements of the job. Once... halfway through the paper... al of Work and Organizational Psychology (2001), 74, 441-472P270; Cases of Contemporary Strategic Analysis by Robert M. Grant, Kent E. Neupert, Patrick N Malcolmson, 2003, Blackwell publishing P112; Managing and Motivating Contact Center Employees by Malcolm Carlaw, Peggy Carlaw, Vasudha K. Deming, Kurt Friedmann, 2002, McGraw-Hill ProfessionalP246 & P260; Recruiting, Interviewing, Selecting and Orienting New Employees by Diane Arthur, 2005, AmacomP248; Management Principles and Practices By Dr M Sakthivel Murugan, 2004, New Age PublishersP4 The Interviewer's Handbook: Successful Interviewing Techniques in the Workplace By Sandra Bunting, 2005, Kogan PageP94 Recruitment and Selection: A Framework for Success By Dominic Cooper, Ivan T. Robertson & Gordon Tinline, 2003, Thomson LearningP210 Human Resources by Stephen Taylor, 2002, CIPD