Your assignment is to prepare and submit a paper on mock interview of a prospective staff member by employer. The four main elements of interview practice applicable to all disciplines including nursing, include the acquiring of “background information of the candidate, interview analysis, protocol creation and revision, and self-reflective interviewing”, states Dilley (2000, p.131).

The Appropriate Lines of Questioning to be Employed in Mock Interviews

Fulton, Lyon, and Goudreau (2010) state that the best technique should be selected for a given situation, and practice is key to achieving higher levels of efficiency and performance outcomes.

Thus, interview process strategies include the 80/20 Rule, Sequence Themes, Behavior-based

Interviewing, Closed-ended, Open-ended, and Multilayered questions (Fulton et al., 2010).

The 80/20 Rule is based on the concept of 20% of an interview to be devoted to asking questions, and 80% in listening to the interviewee’s answers, to find out to what extent the candidate was suitable for the position. Commenting on every answer is unnecessary, while “the interviewer controls the pace and emphasis areas of the interview” (Fulton et al., 2010, p.307).