Are Personal Interviews way more Personal?

 

So, you are all set to face your first round of the interview? Your excitement level is at Peak, you've prepared yourself for all possible questions an interviewer can ask you. The final day comes, you enter the Room, you see a panel sitting in Front. You're a bit nervous but confident also that you have done work in your Professional life, so nothing can stop you.

Questionnaire begins, Panel starts with your family background, they ask you about your childhood then your life in school, colleges and at Home or when you are out may be at restaurant. 

You don't feel anything awkward because this is the way you have accepted already in your mind that this is the actual structure of this or any Interview. If you will raise any objection, then you may offend the Panel which could lead to rejection. You keep answering about your personal life and hope, that Panel will soon switch to something Professional questionnaire.

But, guess what? you have just shared everything personal about your Life with people who are not close to unknown. Its just they are wearing a company lanyard, it makes no difference though. They know things about you now. This feeling gets worse, when you hear that you have not been selected. But, did you think for a minute what would happen with the information you shared with the Panel. Is it safe? Can they use it in some other way? 

If you feel relaxed about this, then, why you become so nervous when all this happens on social media platforms? The plus side of social media is they use those information for users good. Say, you like a cuisine you see on social media. Now, social media will try to share as much information as possible about that cuisine in the coming days, so you can make a better decision about it. Knowledge is the new currency today, those who don't have it, they are doomed. Anyways, lets go back to our Personal interviews.

If you don't want to feel cheated after your Personal interview rounds, then learn to say STOP where you feel, it's not relevant to Job you are applying for. Or, you may also ask the Panel, how This Question will help them gauge what they are looking for? But, from next time, please don't just open your Life Book in front of strangers for just a Job.

Recruitment agencies have to learn new ways to check the capabilities of the applicants. Past life can never tell everything about the Future. May be an AI can help, but AI is not taking the Interview, Yet !