What is the role of interview in interpersonal communication?

Q What is the role of interview in interpersonal communication? Or
what is the purpose / Objective or patterned interview? Or what is
the importance or interview?
Ans: Interview plays a very important role in interpersonal communication, since it is between
two persons or parties i.e. interviewer and interviewer, its importance is discussed with respect to both
aspects.
a) From Interviewer Point of View:
Interview has following importance for the interviewer.
1. To Match the applicant and the job:
A job has specific requirement. Every person is not suitable for every kind of job, so the
interviews enable the interviewer to match the applicant and the job requirement. This
matching may be in the following way.
(a) Matching Qualification:

A candidate having a master’s degree does not mean that he has the knowledge of
master level. Asking questions about the field of candidate enables the interviewer to
know as to how much knowledge the candidate has acquired.
(b) Matching Candidate Ability:
Different candidates have different abilities. The interview helps know the abilities of
every candidate according to the job requirement.
(c) Other Areas:
Candidate’s conduct, attitude, confidence, communication skill and other areas are
expressed means of interviewers.
2. To develop the image of organization:
Another secondary role of interviews is to establish a good image of an organization before
candidate and ultimately before the market.
b) From Interviewee Point of View:
An interview is equally important for interviewers as it’s for interview. This importance is
enumerated as follows.
1. To have information:
An interviewee can have different information about the organization. This information
might be about the organization nature of job salary rule and regulations, etc.
2. To have a suitable job:
Interview helps the candidate know about the job. In this way, he / she can choose the best
one of him / her.