Tag-Team Interview
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Expecting to meet with Ms. Glenn alone, you might find yourself in a room with
four other people: Ms. Glenn, two of her staff, and the Sales Director.
Companies often want to gain the insights of various employees when interviewing
candidates. Thus, the tag-team interview conducted by two or more interviewers
who typically work different jobs.
This interview type is often attractive for companies that rely heavily on team
cooperation. Not only does the company want to know whether or not you're a good
fit for the company, but also whether or not you get along with other workers
as a team player.
In some companies, a tag-team interview means that two or more interviewers
will take turns and play off each other to simultaneously interview you in the
same room.
In other companies, a tag-team interview means that you will proceed through
a series of one-on-one interviews with various interviewers, typically all on
the same day.
In either case, your interviewers might consist of department managers, supervisors,
project leads, HR personnel, future coworkers or a blend.
Helpful tips for capitalizing on either type of tag-team interview are listed
below.
- Treat each person as an important individual. Ask for each interviewer's
business card at the beginning of the meeting, if possible, and refer to each
by name. If there are several interviewers in the room at once, you might wish
to scribble down their names on a sheet of paper according to where each is
sitting.
- Briefly make eye contact with each interviewer, while speaking directly to
the interviewer who asked the question.
- Use the opportunity to gain as much information about the company as you
can. Just as each interviewer has a different function in the company, each
has a unique perspective. When asking questions, be sensitive not to place
anyone in a position that invites him or her to compromise confidentiality
or loyalty.
- Be ready to illustrate your main message in a variety of ways to a variety
of people.
- Prepare psychologically to expend more energy and be more alert than you
would in a one-on-one interview.
- Stay focused, but flexible.
- Send a thank you note to each of your tag-team
interviewers.
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