You’ve heard how important first impressions are. This includes you as well as those you will be interviewing, and there are some easy steps to take to ensure that they will be impressed by you with the process. The first thing to do is to tell your receptionist your interview schedule, whom you will be interviewing and when, so that he/she can prepare a nice welcome for the interviewee.
Don’t abuse the interview schedule. Start when you say you will start so that you will come across as considerate and respectful.
Get ready for your interview ahead of time, tailoring them to the CV of the person you will be speaking with. It is a known fact in recruiters circles that a person who interviews well will also be interviewed well. This means that the person asking questions should also let the interviewee ask questions, so that some great conversation can be illicited, letting you get to know the person even better than “official” questions.
If a tour is part of your interview process, then let those who work in your department with you know about this ahead of time. It is a good thought to present the interviewee’s future workspace as a place they’d want to work around.
Lastly, consider the fact that they have sacrificed untold hours in their investigation of your company, so even if you don’t end up hiring them, they would readily accept any feedback that could help them with any further job searching they might be facing.
A critical point to keep in mind is that you are not only scoping out the person you are interviewing, but your business is also being scoped out by that person. From the second they start to inquire about it at your website, right up to and including the entire time they are at the interview.
