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Sample Interview Script: What to
Ask and What to Tell an Applicant
This script was developed from Dr. William S. Swan,
Interview Guide; Mary Rudder and Dale P. King, "Interviewing and
the ADA: How Do You Get Beyond Strengths and Weaknesses,"
Americans with Disabilities Act Forum on the Progress of
Implementation, Washington, D.C., January 25, 1993. These
guidelines apply to all interviews. You can use — or eliminate —
any of these questions, but be careful about adding any that
aren't business related.
After you have selected the applicants you wish to meet with, it
pays to plan out the interview in advance. Having a fixed
agenda, knowing what questions you will ask, and what
information you will provide, can speed the process and reduce
the time you have to spend with each candidate. It also goes a
long way in providing uniform information regarding the job
applicants.
The attached file contains a sample interview script that you
can easily adapt for your own business. Note that the interview
process is divided into two parts. In the first part, the
information gathering stage, you obtain information about the
applicant. In the second stage, you let the applicant know about
the job and your business. Following this two-part approach can
save even more time. When it is clear, following the first part
of the interview, that the applicant is not suitable, there is
no need to proceed to the second part.
The file is in rich text format (RTF) that is suitable for use
with most word processing programs used in the Windows
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