Interview Skills 1 Day Workshop |Fairfax, VA

Event Details

• Duration: 1-Day Practical Training (8 Hours)
• Timing: 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM (including breaks)
• Location: Location shared via email ( Complete Address )
• Format: Classroom Training (Virtual option available on request)
• Language: English
• Certificate: Course Completion Certificate
• PDUs Awarded: 8 Professional Development Units
• Contact: info@learnerring.com

Event Description

Enhance your hiring capability with our Interview Skills 1-Day Training, designed to help professionals conduct structured, competency-based, and legally compliant interviews. This practical and interactive workshop equips participants with proven interviewing strategies, question planning techniques, rapport-building skills, active listening approaches, and evaluation methods to ensure hiring decisions are accurate, fair, and effective.

Whether you are a manager, HR professional, team leader, or supervisor, this programme will help you select the best candidates while avoiding common interviewing mistakes. The training is highly hands-on, featuring activities, simulations, and real-world scenarios to build confidence and interviewing mastery.

By the end of the workshop, you will be able to plan, conduct, and evaluate interviews using a logical, structured and professional approach.

Who Should Attend?

• HR Managers & Recruiters
• Hiring Managers & Team Leads
• Supervisors involved in Interviews
• Line Managers & Business Owners
• Anyone who wants to master competency-based interviewing techniques

Key Learning Outcomes

By the end of this Interview Skills workshop, participants will be able to:

• Conduct structured, competency-based interviews using the PRICE framework
• Prepare question plans aligned with job competencies
• Build rapport and create a professional interview experience
• Identify and avoid interviewer biases and first-impression errors
• Ask high-impact, job-related questions
• Listen effectively and evaluate responses fairly
• Manage interview closing expectations professionally
• Score and evaluate candidates to select the best fit

Full-Day Training Agenda (9:00 AM – 5:00 PM)

Line-by-line schedule for Eventbrite

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM
Registration, welcome and introductions

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM
Icebreaker Activity: Similar Circles – Listening, questioning and warm-up

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM
Understanding the Selection Interview

• What is a selection interview?
• Introduction to competency-based interviewing
• Benefits and limitations

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM
Diversity, Fairness & Equality of Opportunity

• Treating all candidates fairly
• Avoiding bias and inappropriate questions

10:30 AM – 10:45 AM — Tea / Coffee Break

10:45 AM – 11:30 AM
The PRICE Structure for Effective Interviewing

• Overview of PRICE
• Organizing interview behaviours using the PRICE model

11:30 AM – 12:15 PM
Activity: PRICE Organization

• Participants place 37 behaviour cards within the structure
• Understanding the model deeply

12:15 PM – 1:00 PM
Wrinkle Chaser Activity

• Why poor preparation leads to poor interviews
• How to avoid common pitfalls

1:00 PM – 2:00 PM — Lunch Break

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM
The Selection Process

• Interview as part of the overall selection strategy
• Pre- and post-interview steps

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
Building an Effective Question Plan

• Creating structured interview questions
• Using templates for consistent evaluation

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM
First Impressions & Rapport Building

• Managing interviewer influence
• Creating a positive candidate experience

3:30 PM – 3:45 PM — Tea / Coffee Break

3:45 PM – 4:15 PM
Traffic Lights Activity – Question Types

• Nine question types: which to use and avoid
• Asking job-related, behavioural, and scenario-based questions

4:15 PM – 4:45 PM
Effective Listening & Closing the Interview

• Barriers to listening and how to overcome them
• What to cover in the closing phase

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM
Evaluation & Scoring + Wrap-Up

• Using structured evaluation and scoring rubrics
• Final Q&A and closing remarks

Training Features

• Practical activities and interview simulations
• PRICE interviewing model toolkit
• Question plan templates
• Real-world interview practice
• Certificate of completion

Benefits of Attending

• Improve hiring accuracy
• Reduce recruitment mistakes
• Create a fair, structured and professional interview process
• Strengthen communication and listening skills
• Build confidence in conducting interviews

🎓 Certification

All participants will receive a Certificate of Completion from LearneRRing, recognizing their achievement.

Exclusive OffersGroup Discounts:10% off for groups of 5-10 participants15% off for groups of 11-20 participants

Corporate & Team Training Available

Want this course delivered at your workplace or for your team? We offer customized onsite and virtual sessions for companies.📩 Email us at corporate@learnerring.com for details.