During personnel selection, the problem-solving interview is a way of ascertaining the interviewee’s ability to address and solve any specific problem. It is a good indicator of their abilities in the analytical, creative and, of course, the problem solving realm. The interview could also be geared to job-specific problems and the interviewee’s strategies for dealing with them.
PROBLEM-SOLVING INTERVIEW: “A problem-solving interview is a good way to assess a prospective employee’s problem solving skills”