The practice of asking

Practise the questions that turn an interview into a useful conversation.

A question does two jobs: it invites an answer and shapes what the interviewer will be able to learn. Interview Laboratory develops that connection through experience-based practice.

Connect candidate conversations with the actual decision a hiring team needs to make.

Selection begins with the responsibilities of the role. Without that context, an engaging answer can be mistaken for evidence of a useful skill.

Explore the habits of a detective, a reporter and a listener.

Interview Laboratory’s public approach brings experience-based development together with the perspectives of a detective, reporter and priest. Each perspective invites a different kind of attention.

Review your own conversations and develop a more deliberate interviewing practice.

Coaching creates time to examine a specific conversation rather than a general account of how interviews ought to work. The starting point is a situation the participant wants to understand better.