Panel Interviews

A member of the search panel should be responsible for selecting an initial master interview guide the panelists will then work with to modify for the vacancy. Printouts of this master guide are prepared for each panel member and refinement of the guide is conducted at a team meeting. The final guide can identify which team member will be asking each of the interview questions during the interviews. Often, each panelist will be assigned one or more competencies and will ask all of the questions under that competency.

Interviews are conducted in normal fashion and any of the panelists may ask for clarifications of the applicant's answers.

Scoring - There are two basic approaches to scoring:

Consensus
Using this method, the search team discusses applicant responses to each competency. Team members discuss their views on how the competencies should be scored and interpretations of their observations during the interview. This process leads to assigning scores the panel as a whole accepts.

Individual
Here, each panelist independently scores each applicant. The panel then averages the scores and assigns the result as the final scores.

These approaches could also be combined by first doing individual scoring by each panelist and then looking for consensus to arrive at group scores.

Opening screen
Introduction (Sample approach for introducing the system within a company)
Hiring Policies and Procedures
Interview guide concepts
Guide Library (Primary access point for experienced users)
Legal Do's and Don'ts
Interview Guide Design Tips
How to create a guide
Conducting the Interview
Evaluating & scoring candidates
Panel (Search Committee) Interviews
Diversity
Detailed document about the system
Recruiting Tips by Dr John Sullivan
Employee Retention Tips by Dr John Sullivan
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