Body of Knowledge · Glossary
Structured interview
Consistent questions mapped to a rubric defined before the process starts, scored independently by each interviewer before any discussion. It is among the best-evidenced predictors of job performance, and fairer as well.
Where the standard develops it
- PL-3Hiring and onboardingStructured evaluation, calibrated standards, assessing capability rather than tool access.
Related terms
- Affinity bias
- Favouring people who resemble oneself in evaluation.
- Calibration
- Aligning evaluation standards across interviewers, managers or organisations so that the same capability or performance earns the same judgment.
- First ninety days
- Treating a new role as a transition with its own work (learning, an early real contribution, the relationships the role depends on), with explicit outcomes at thirty, sixty and ninety days.
- Halo effect
- One salient positive trait colouring the assessment of unrelated traits.
Cite this definition
Chicago, BibTeX and licence →Engineering Management Academy. (2026). Structured interview. In Engineering Management Academy Body of Knowledge (Version 3.1, GLO.structured-interview). https://www.engineeringmanagement.academy/body-of-knowledge/glossary/structured-interview