In this world of HR where we recruit on behalf of
other companies, interviews will not be the same as those of the company’s HR
people. If a company decides to use an HR consultant to the job of interviewing
and short listing, they expect a very structured and thorough approach to this
exercise. When you attend a recruitment agency interview (which should take
about 45 minutes), you should feel confident that the recruiter has all the
information necessary to find out whether you are the ideal
candidate for the job. You should know what the contact plan between you and
the consultant is and what the next stages in the process are.
Let us now go to the basics, what is an
interview? Essentially it is a conversation with a purpose. A informational
interview is the most common type that you will experience with an agency; it
is designed to get as much information as possible in the shortest time.
