Phase 2 of 3 · Hire, Land, Keep
Structured interview
An interview in which every candidate for a role is asked the same job related questions and scored against the same evidence.
Same questions, same evidence, same scorecard, every time.
In plain English
A structured interview is a repeatable conversation about the work, not a vibe check that changes with the interviewer's mood.
- What it looks like in business
- Two owners like different candidates until they score the same work sample and the same three questions against the scorecard.
- Why it matters
- Unstructured chats invite bias, cannot be defended, and produce hires the team cannot explain a month later.
Reading it once is not the same as knowing it. Put this term in the daily rotation and let the quiz come back for it.
Study this termWhere this comes from
Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, 29 C.F.R. Part 1607
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Where it sits
Phase 2: Hire, Land, Keep
A repeatable path from a vague vacancy to a person who is still good at day 90, with the live record checked before day one.