Comparing Campus and On-Site Job Interviews

Comparing Campus and On-Site Interviews

Once you've finished examining the differences between on-site interviews and campus interviews, make sure you've read Mastering the On-Site Interview: A Guide to Company Visits, as well as all of our job interviewing resources.

	Campus Interviews:	On-Site Interviews:
Purpose:	Purely a screening mechanism that allows the company to discover the job-seekers with the most potential -- and identify who will be offered an on-site interview.	Allows both the employer and job-seeker to further assess each other and look for fit. Ideally results in job offer.
Job-Seeker's Objective:	To have the preparation, presence, and delivery to make the cut -- and get invited for a company visit.	To get the job offer by demonstrating that you are the most qualified, have the most potential, and have the best fit with the organization -- and to gather enough information about the company to help you decide whether to accept or reject the offer.
Company's Objective:	Looking for rapport, confidence, qualifications, and any other basic information that will allow them to reduce the number of potential applicants to a select few.	Looking for the best candidate for the job, which may include both current potential as well a long-range promotability within the organization.
Interviewers:	Many times the recruiter is a fairly recent hire who is asked to go back to campuses and recruit. Other times, it is someone from the Human Resources department. And occasionally, it is a manager from the department with the opening(s).	Numerous people, ranging from your potential new boss, to higher managers and executives, to co-workers both inside and outside the department, to Human Resources specialists.
Interview Length:	Depends on the setting. Anywhere from 10 minutes to a half-hour.	The length of these interviews is not as important as the number of interviews -- both formal and informal.
Critical Issue for Job-Seeker:	Establishing rapport.	Demonstrating potential impact.
Job-Seeker Attire:	Standard business attire. See our article, When Job-Hunting, Dress for Success.	Standard business attire. See our article, When Job-Hunting, Dress for Success.

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Comparing Campus and On-Site Interviews

Have you taken advantage of all of our job interviewing resources? Find articles, tutorials, and more -- all written to help job-seekers learn how to succeed in all types of job interviews.