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Panel interview

Meaning in job interviews & careers, with examples

nounCommon term

In job interviews & careers, panel interview means: An interview in which several people, such as a manager, an HR specialist and a team member, ask the candidate questions together.

In Turkish: panel mülakat, heyet mülakatı

How it is used

Common in the public sector, universities and large companies. The group asking the questions is called the panel, and its members may each focus on a different area. Candidates usually speak to the whole panel, not only to the person who asked.

Example sentences

  1. It was a panel interview with four people, and each of them asked two questions.

  2. The panel interview will be held at our head office on 12 May.

Common collocations

  • interview panel
  • sit on a panel
  • panel members
  • face a panel
  • interviewerThe person who asks the questions in an interview; in a job interview, usually a manager, an HR specialist or a future colleague.
  • job interviewA formal meeting in which an employer asks a candidate questions to decide whether they are right for a job.
  • video interviewAn interview held over a video call, or one in which you record answers to set questions on camera for the employer to watch later.
  • hiring managerThe manager who needs a new team member and who makes, or strongly influences, the final decision about who gets the job.

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