Job interview templates toolkit
Our Job Interview Templates Toolkit simplifies the interview process, ensuring consistency and efficiency in candidate evaluation.
If you are recruiting into your organisation, these model job interview templates will help you to effectively interview candidates and make appropriate selections.
What is a Job Interview?
Job interviews are an essential part of any recruitment process. After identifying a shortlist of acceptable applicants, the interview provides an employer with a great opportunity to ask candidates specific questions in order to assess their eligibility for the position.
It also symbolises a specific area in the hiring process where businesses must use caution to avoid prejudice. During a discussion, subjective judgments based on particular personal attributes may be formed, consciously or unintentionally.
Job interview contract HR templates are documents that employers can use as a starting point when supporting recruitment and selection. These templates are designed to ensure that the employer manages job interviews effectively, and complies with current UK employment law.
Employers should always ensure that any job interview HR templates they use are tailored to their specific circumstances. It is also important to regularly review and update job interview documents to ensure that they remain relevant and effective, and reflect any changes in the needs of the business or legal requirements.
What legal and best practice aspects should employers be aware of when implementing Job interview templates?
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Employers must not discriminate during interviews or in interview-related arrangements.
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Employers should focus on essential job-related information and prevent prejudice or bias by planning a consistent strategy to interviewing and selection.
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All interviewing and selection personnel should undergo equality training as well as interview and selection technique training.
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Selection criteria and scoring methodologies should be based on objective criteria that measure relevant and essential work abilities.
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Selection criteria should be established ahead of time.
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To assist decrease the danger of a discrimination claim, clear records of the interview and selection procedures should be retained as evidence.
Our Guide to Avoiding Age Discrimination When Recruiting offers strategies and best practices to ensure fair and inclusive hiring processes, promoting diversity.
If managers are interviewing, this model guide will help them understand the law and good practice, including how to avoid bias and discriminatory questions.
Our Guide to Interviewing Standards offers comprehensive guidelines, ensuring consistency and fairness in candidate assessments while enhancing hiring quality.
This model recruitment policy is to assist managers to prepare for the recruitment of a new employee.
This model selection policy outlines the process when interviewing and hiring a new employee.
Our Interview Invitation Letter template formally invites candidates to interview, providing essential details and promoting professionalism in the hiring process.
Use this model rejection after interview letter to inform candidates after interviews that they didn't pass to the next round, with free text to describe the reason(s) for that decision.
Use this model rejection after interview letter to inform candidates after interviews that they didn't pass to the next round, specifically due to other candidate qualifications being more suitable.
Use this model rejection after interview letter to inform candidates after interviews that they didn't pass to the next round, specifically due to other candidate skills being more suitable.
Use this model rejection before interview letter to inform candidates that they have not been selected for interview, with text to describe the reason(s) for that decision.
Use this model rejection after interview letter to inform candidates that they have not been selected for interview, specifically due to other candidates being a closer match.
Our Candidate Shortlist Record Form template documents the shortlisting process, ensuring consistency and transparency in candidate selection during recruitment.
Our Hiring Managers Recruitment Checklist Form template assists managers in navigating the recruitment process, ensuring thoroughness and compliance at each step.
Our Interview Record Form Template ensures comprehensive documentation, aiding in fair and transparent hiring decisions.
Our Interview Record (with Guidance Notes) Form Template ensures accurate documentation, guiding interviewers to capture key insights effectively.
- The documents are easily editable and implementable, saving you time and money
- All content is designed by CIPD accedited Chartered HR practitioners with operational experience in this area
- You will maintain compliance with ACAS guidelines, legislation, and industry best practices
- Email notifications for any templates added to this toolkit
- 12 months of unrestricted access without any additional costs (any update in that period is free to you)
- A 25% discount on all library, toolkit, and template purchases/renewals
