Interviewology

Outline

Interviewology (2024) examines the different ways candidates and interviewers approach job interviews. By identifying several distinct interview styles, the book helps readers understand their natural tendencies, adapt to the person across the table, and present their abilities with greater confidence and authenticity.

• Candidates and interviewers each approach a job interview in their own way, and those differences shape how the conversation goes.
• The book identifies several distinct interview styles, which gives you a clear way to describe how you naturally behave in an interview.
• Knowing your natural tendencies helps you present your strengths in a way that feels authentic rather than rehearsed.
• You can adapt to the person across the table once you recognise the style they bring to the interview.
• For hiring managers, understanding these styles helps them identify talent more accurately and fairly.

Anna Papalia is an interview expert, speaker, and educator with experience in recruiting, talent development, and professional communication. She created an assessment focused on interview styles and uses her work to help employers and candidates make interviews more useful, balanced, and informative.