Stress interview

How it is used

Describes deliberate pressure; an ordinary difficult question alone is not enough.

Example sentences

1. The stress interview included repeated challenges to the applicant's assumptions.

   Pressure is deliberately built into the assessment method.

2. He described it as a stress interview because interruptions were part of the format.

   The label concerns the interview design rather than the candidate's nervousness.

Common collocations

• conduct a stress interview
• stress interview technique

Related terms

• job interviewA formal meeting in which an employer asks a candidate questions to decide whether they are right for a job.
• body languageThe messages you send with your posture, facial expressions, eye contact and hand movements, often without saying a word.

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