Interviews are so essential in the selection process

We must try and understand that interviews are so essential in the selection process that many times, selection of the candidates is made on the basis of interview alone. Ifhandled properly, interview contributes in, the following, ways: It is the only method of direct contact between the candidates and the employer in which the employer can see a candidate in” action-how he looks, his manner, his wearing, his/her appearance, etc., method of interaction and answering, etc. Many of the information can be sought through the interview, which may not be available in application form, or cannot be disclosed by the selection tests, such as: family background, future plans; etc. The ‘interview can be used as a tool for giving information about the organization, its policies, nature of the work to be performed by the candidate salary and other benefits to be offered. Negotiations, if any, about the salary and- perks to be offered to the candidate can also are undertaken. Hence we should remember that interview can be used ‘as a method to promote goodwill among the candidates by offering courtesy, by providing vocational literature, by constructive suggestions, and by showing interest in them.