Group Interview Tips & Tricks
These days Group Job Interviews are becoming more and more common. They allow employers (or recruitment agencies) to interview more people at the same time, provide an opportunity to see how you function in a group/team environment and help to assess how well you can perform under pressure.
Most group interviews will include between 3-8 applicants, however, sometimes there can be over 20 people in each group. Most recruiters will hold more than one group interview. Sometimes they are held in succession over one day, while at other times they are spread out over a longer period of up to one week. The number of group interviews being conducted will depend on how many employees the recruiters are looking to hire and how much interest there has been in the position/s.
Most group job interviews follow a similar format. They will usually include some, or all, of the following elements:
- Introduction/Presentation
- Group Activity
- Behavioural Questions (Group)
- Behavioural Questions (Individual)
- Roleplay
- Scenario Discussion
- Question Time
- Skill Testing
- Surprise/The Unexpected
The key to performing well at a Group Interview is to understand what is expected of you during each phase of the interview process and to make sure that you are giving the assessors what they are looking for. The purpose of this site is to explain the elements of group interviews in more detail and to provide some tips and tricks to performing well.
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