How to hire an interviewer

How to hire an interviewer, step by step

Here's a step-by-step interviewer hiring guide:

• Step 1: Identify your hiring needs
• Step 2: Create an ideal candidate profile
• Step 3: Make a budget
• Step 4: Write an interviewer job description
• Step 5: Post your job
• Step 6: Interview candidates
• Step 7: Send a job offer and onboard your new interviewer
• Step 8: Go through the hiring process checklist

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1. Identify your hiring needs

   Before you post your interviewer job, you should take the time to determine what type of worker your business needs. While certain jobs definitely require a full-time employee, it's sometimes better to find an interviewer for hire on a part-time basis or as a contractor.

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   Hiring the perfect interviewer also involves considering the ideal background you'd like them to have. Depending on what industry or field they have experience in, they'll bring different skills to the job. It's also important to consider what levels of seniority and education the job requires and what kind of salary such a candidate would likely demand.

   This list presents interviewer salaries for various positions.

   Type of Interviewer	Description	Hourly rate
   Interviewer	Information clerks perform routine clerical duties such as maintaining records, collecting data, and providing information to customers.	$11-19
   Survey Worker	A survey worker performs and supervises the gathering of data. They mainly do interviews with people to collect information; they can also email respondents... Show more	$13-28
   Registration Clerk	A registration clerk is responsible for performing administrative and clerical tasks for patients' admission in a health care setting. Registration clerks assist patients with filling out hospital forms, verifying their medical histories, and confirming their insurance details... Show more	$10-18

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2. Create an ideal candidate profile

   Common skills:

   • Telephone Interviews
   • Data Entry
   • Data Collection
   • Customer Service
   • Research Studies
   • Conduct Surveys
   • Research Projects
   • Phone Interviews
   • Conduct Interviews
   • Life Insurance
   • Quality Standards
   • Public Health
   • Telephone Calls
   • Informed Consent

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   Responsibilities:

   • Lead territory HUD quality control study of rent calculations.
   • Modify standard Nielsen script as required to achieve customer cooperation.
   • Adhere to NORC's strict ethics and confidentiality guidelines concerning participants' information and survey data collect.
   • Audit OJT employers as it relate to contract.
   • Develop OJT contracts to include job descriptions and budget.
   • Update and transmit data using broadband on a daily basis.

   More interviewer duties

3. Make a budget

   Including a salary range in the interviewer job description is a good way to get more applicants. An interviewer salary can be affected by several factors, such as the location of the job, the level of experience, education, certifications, and the employer's prestige.

   For example, the average salary for an interviewer in Arkansas may be lower than in Massachusetts, and an entry-level engineer typically earns less than a senior-level interviewer. Additionally, an interviewer with lots of experience in the field may command a higher salary as a result.

   Average interviewer salary

   $14.82hourly

   $30,819 yearly

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   Entry-level interviewer salary

   $23,000 yearly salary

   Updated December 15, 2025

   Average interviewer salary by state

   Rank	State	Avg. salary	Hourly rate
   1	Massachusetts	$40,874	$20
   2	New Hampshire	$40,556	$20
   3	California	$39,457	$19
   4	Maine	$38,835	$19
   5	North Dakota	$38,066	$18
   6	Oregon	$37,482	$18
   7	New York	$36,890	$18
   8	Pennsylvania	$36,270	$17
   9	Connecticut	$36,189	$17
   10	Minnesota	$36,188	$17
   11	Nevada	$35,115	$17
   12	Washington	$34,914	$17
   13	Rhode Island	$34,336	$17
   14	District of Columbia	$33,472	$16
   15	Maryland	$32,620	$16
   16	Michigan	$32,487	$16
   17	Illinois	$32,251	$16
   18	Hawaii	$31,593	$15
   19	Alaska	$31,499	$15
   20	West Virginia	$31,357	$15

   Average interviewer salary by company

   Company

   Rank	Company	Average salary	Hourly rate	Job openings
   1	Rockwell Automation	$42,381	$20.38
   2	Pactiv	$41,813	$20.10
   3	Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center	$40,811	$19.62
   4	ICF	$40,319	$19.38	2
   5	Chewy	$39,841	$19.15
   6	WestRock	$39,001	$18.75
   7	EmblemHealth	$38,618	$18.57
   8	University of Southern California	$38,307	$18.42
   9	NBCUniversal	$37,609	$18.08
   10	Abt Associates	$37,245	$17.91
   11	ABC Holding Co Inc	$36,949	$17.76
   12	Mount Sinai Health System	$36,920	$17.75	1
   13	Hillsdale College	$36,889	$17.74
   14	Camp Adventure Child and Youth Services	$36,626	$17.61
   15	University of Washington	$36,533	$17.56
   16	General Dynamics	$36,426	$17.51
   17	Milton Hershey School	$36,040	$17.33
   18	Emory University	$35,941	$17.28	2
   19	Ashley HomeStore	$35,871	$17.25
   20	Quest Diagnostics	$35,605	$17.12

4. Writing an interviewer job description

   An interviewer job description should include a summary of the role, required skills, and a list of responsibilities. It's also good to include a salary range and the first name of the hiring manager. To help get you started, here's an example of an interviewer job description:

   Interviewer job description example

   Children's Hospital of New Orleans, a leader in Pediatric care throughout the Southeast region, is currently seeking a Forensic Interviewer. The mission of making care available to all children has allowed Children's to grow as an organization. Children's Hospital is a not-for-profit medical center offering the most advanced pediatric care for children from birth to 21 years. With over 40 pediatric specialties and more than 400 physicians, it is the only full-service hospital exclusively for children in Louisiana and the Gulf South. We invite you to experience the magic of Children's Hospital.
   
   Position Summary: A full time professional position responsible for conducting highly specialized forensic interviews of children reported to be victims of abuse and/or neglect and coordinating the systems related to forensic interviewing and medical clinical needs. Must be able to work with diverse groups of people, including clients and their families, professionals in the areas of law enforcement, medicine, education and agency employees.
   
   Education: Minimum Required: Experience conducting evidenced based forensic interviews. Must possess a relevant educational or experimental background, preferably a college degree or work experience in a field related to sociology, social work, education, criminal justice, communication, nursing, psychology, counseling, or a similarly applied human service specialty.
   
   Preferred: Bachelor's Degree in psychology, social work, criminal justice, education or a related field or a master's degree.Bilingual communication and interpretation skills a plus. Knowledge of investigations of child abuse and neglect, as well as knowledge of child development through coursework, professional training or experience.
   
   Completed a minimum of twenty-five hours of clinical training in interviewing traumatized children. Completed a minimum of eight hours of interviewing under the supervision of a qualified forensic interviewer of children.
   
   Experience: Minimum Required: A minimum of 6 months of professional experience working with children and families where abuse and violence are identified issues and /or a professional interviewing skills
   
   Professional experience in working with the criminal justice or child welfare system and has been or will be trained in an evidenced based model of Forensic Interviewing.
   Children's Hospital is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, status as a protected veteran, or status as a qualified individual with disability.

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5. Post your job

   There are a few common ways to find interviewers for your business:

   • Promoting internally or recruiting from your existing workforce.
   • Ask for referrals from friends, family members, and current employees.
   • Attend job fairs at local colleges to meet candidates with the right educational background.
   • Use social media platforms like LinkedIn, Facebook, and Twitter to recruit passive job-seekers.

   Post your job online:

   • Post your interviewer job on Zippia to find and recruit interviewer candidates who meet your exact specifications.
   • Use field-specific websites.
   • Post a job on free websites.

6. Interview candidates

   During your first interview to recruit interviewers, engage with candidates to learn about their interest in the role and experience in the field. During the following interview, you'll be able to go into more detail about the company, the position, and the responsibilities.

   It's also good to ask about candidates' unique skills and talents. You can move on to the technical interview if a candidate is good enough for the next step.

   The right interview questions can help you assess a candidate's hard skills, behavioral intelligence, and soft skills.

7. Send a job offer and onboard your new interviewer

   Once you've decided on a perfect interviewer candidate, it's time to write an offer letter. In addition to salary, it should include benefits and perks available to the employee. Qualified candidates may be considered for other positions, so make sure your offer is competitive. Candidates may wish to negotiate. Once you've settled on the details, formalize your agreement with a contract.

   It's also important to follow up with applicants who do not get the job with an email letting them know that the position is filled.

   To prepare for the new employee's start date, you can create an onboarding schedule and complete any necessary paperwork, such as employee action forms and onboarding documents like I-9 forms, benefits enrollment, and federal and state tax forms. Human Resources should also ensure that a new employee file is created.

8. Go through the hiring process checklist

   • Determine employee type (full-time, part-time, contractor, etc.)
   • Submit a job requisition form to the HR department
   • Define job responsibilities and requirements
   • Establish budget and timeline
   • Determine hiring decision makers for the role
   • Write job description
   • Post job on job boards, company website, etc.
   • Promote the job internally
   • Process applications through applicant tracking system
   • Review resumes and cover letters
   • Shortlist candidates for screening
   • Hold phone/virtual interview screening with first round of candidates
   • Conduct in-person interviews with top candidates from first round
   • Score candidates based on weighted criteria (e.g., experience, education, background, cultural fit, skill set, etc.)
   • Conduct background checks on top candidates
   • Check references of top candidates
   • Consult with HR and hiring decision makers on job offer specifics
   • Extend offer to top candidate(s)
   • Receive formal job offer acceptance and signed employment contract
   • Inform other candidates that the position has been filled
   • Set and communicate onboarding schedule to new hire(s)
   • Complete new hire paperwork (i9, benefits enrollment, tax forms, etc.)

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