Patterned structured interview
Patterned interview is planned interview but it is planned to a high degree of exactitude. In other words, it is highly structured and a more formalised type of planned interview. It was designed by McMurry to measure the personality traits that are wanted among all employees.
Such traits are (i) stability; (ii) industry; (iii) ability to get along with others; (iv) self-reliance; (v) willingness to accept responsibility; (vi) freedom from emotional immaturity and (vii) motivation.
The basis for this approach is that a candidate’s future behaviour can be judged by his past performance. The patterned interview has got nothing to do with job skills. It is designed to appraise only personality, motivation and interests. A set of specific questions is used in patterned interviewing.