What is a peer interview?

Peer interviews can have many benefits for the candidates and the organization, including:

• Improved candidate experience: interviewing with multiple members of the team can give candidates an even better picture of the job, culture, and organization. After all, the employees are the ones who are actually doing the job on a day-to-day basis

  Providing candidates with this type of realistic job preview helps them to self-evaluate the job and organizational fit. Employee interviewers may also be able to answer questions that hiring managers or recruiters cannot.

• Selling the job to the candidate: it's one thing to hear about a job from a recruiter, but employees know much better what elements are important to a candidate. They can also have better insight into what elements or factors may make a candidate apprehensive.

  The enthusiasm and honesty of an employee about the team and the company can be enough to sell the job to the candidate.

• Multiple perspectives: It is always good to get multiple perspectives on a candidate. For instance, the hiring manager may pay attention to things that someone else doesn't even notice and vice versa. Being able to compare notes on a candidate can help solidify that you are making the right hiring choice.

• Employee empowerment: Involving employees in the hiring process helps them to feel responsible for the hiring decision, too. As such, they are likely to take ownership of it and do the best that they can to ensure that the new hire succeeds in their new role.

  This can also contribute positively to employee morale because they feel valued and heard.