TYPES OF INTERVIEW//PART-5

Stress Interview:

In stress interview questions, stressful situation is created by the interviewers deliberately to appraise the candidates whether they can perform well under such a situation. Stress is a term used in physical science which is related to impact of one object on another. Higher is the impact, higher is stress level. This phenomenon is used in human life too.

When stress is used in the context of human life, it represents the pressure that people have in their life, and from the organization’s point of view, in work life.In fact, some of the jobs which have to be performed under constant time pressure are stressing.

In order to create stressful situation during the interview process, the interviewers adopt one or more of the following methods:

1. Keeping a candidate to wait for longer time than anticipated to begin interview process.

2. Calling him in the interview room but not advising him to sit down on the seat meant for him.

3. Long silence even after the entry of the candidate in the interview room.

4. Asking another question before the candidate completes the answer of the previous question.

5. Pretension through body language by the interviewers that they do not listen to what the candidate is saying but actually they might be listening attentively.

6. Criticizing the candidate’s views vehemently even though they may agree with these views.

7. Harassing the candidate with some activities which might not be conducive for congenial environment for the interview.

If you look at all the above methods which are adopted by the interviewers, you will find that all these are quite frustrating to the candidate just like unexpected unfortunate happenings in his life. If the candidate becomes frustrated, he is unlikely to fair well in the interview just like a frustrated employee does not do well on his job. In order to be successful in stress interview, candidate should keep calm and treat this as a challenge.