Types of Interviews used in Organizations

1) Employment Interviews –

Selecting new employees for the organization or selecting current employees for transfers within the organization

2) Orientation Interviews –

Familiarizing new employees with the organization

3) Counseling Interviews –

Helping employees with career, personal, or job-related problems

4) Performance Appraisal Interviews –

Evaluating the employee’s job performance

5) Grievance Interviews –

Hearing and responding to employee complaints

6) Correctional Interviews –

Instructing employees to change behavior the employer considers unsatisfactory

7) Exit Interviews –

Gathering information from and providing help to an employee who is leaving the organization

8) Information-gathering Interviews –

Collecting work-related information from persons within or outside the organization