Interview Script

HR
(Dialling the Candidates Phone number)
(Candidate Picks Up Phone)

HR
HELLO
AM I SPEAKING TO (NAME OF CANDIDATE)

CANDIDATE
YES.

HR
(IN A WARM VOICE)
Hey Hi, My Name Is (Your Name) And I Am Speaking From (Company
Name).
You Had Applied For Internship via Internshala with Us for the
Position of (Name Of Position)

CANDIDATE
Hey, Hi yes , Good morning/Evening Sir/mam.

HR
Good Morning/Evening. Is it a Good Time to talk?

(IF THE CANDIDATE SAYS, “YES “, PROCEED WITH THE CALL, IF SAYS
“NO” THEN ASK HIM/HER WHAT TIME SHOULD I GVE YOU CALL OR
EXPECT A CALL FROM THE CANDIDATE. NOTE THE TIME AND TAKE
FOLLOW UP ACCORDINGLY)

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 CANDIDATE
YES.

HR
Okay. So (name of candidate) Please Introduce yourself to me
with your Qualification and Your Experiences into this Domain.

(Candidate start’s Explaining, Meanwhile Go through his

profiles once again and cross check what candidate is telling
specially focusing on the work that has been done by him/her
in the Past Internships)

(Candidate finishes explaining)

HR
Ask Him/Her questions pertaining to their Job descriptions in
their Past Internships or try to evaluate what work have they
done in their past Internships and look into it that Is it
matching our requirement and Job Description or not
(Candidate finishes explaining)

HR

Ask him/her is he/she pursuing any parallel Internship or

Online lectures of college if yes! Then what are the timing
and how many Hours can he/she give to the work and also ask
that this is 3 month long Internship so the latter is
available for the same.
We want a minimum of 6 hrs. From the candidate and dedication
for 3 months.

[If the candidate is up to the mark and fits into our

requirement then proceed with the call or if the candidate is
not fitting in then just tell him/her that this is Just the
First Line of Call and you will receive the second call if you
are shortlisted in a day or two. Thank you for your time and
Have a great day, Take care]

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 IF candidate is appropriate according to our Job description
then,

HR
(In Impressive voice)
(Use motivating words like - Impressive, fantastic, Superb)
SO, that pretty much fills up what we want in a candidate, so
explaining you about the company
We are spiritual science company working towards bridging the
gap between spirituality and science also we are Start-up and
working on really crazy concepts which I think you will really
enjoy working on.
So we have 4 projects going on in total between the two sister
companies that we have in different domains like one is
pertaining to things in and around E-commerce and second is
related to OTT and Films and Media Industry and couple of others.
You will have a brief Idea about all of them once you are on
board with us if Shortlisted because you know we are a start-
up and we can’t reveal everything because for a start-up Ideas
and concepts is everything.

I hope you are getting my point?

CANDIDATE
(HE/She will try to sound professional)
Yes! I understand, I know!

HR
Great (name of candidate)
SO now, talking about your Job Description.
(Explain the Job description)
After explaining the job Description reconfirm that if he has
any doubts for the Job Description and clear it if any.

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 HR
So I guess now you are clear on the job description part, so
now I will explain the set of policies and protocol that we
have in our company.
So First of all we have a 15 days probation period with us
from your date of joining. It is just to see that the Intern
is aligned with our work and the company is aligned with the
Intern’s work.
In case of any misalignment pertaining to the work the Intern
has chance to drop from the Internship in the probation period
and likewise the company has the option of dropping of the
Interns during the Probation period.
Because we respect time A lot so we see to it that the time of
both the Intern and the company is saved in the whole process
so we have designed this probation structure.
Am I clear on this?

Candidate
Yes,

HR
Great so coming up to the second part, this is paid Internship
so the base stipend is 3k/ month plus up to 3k Incentives
which is performance based, we have well defined performance
rating system done by your team leads of the domain you will
work in and HR and Hence your Incentive and perks will be
given on that basis.
So, as you know this is a 3 month long internship programme so
you will receive a total of 9k according to 3k/ month and
Incentive up to 9k (performance base) according to 3k/month .
So summing it up you will anyway receive the base stipend of
9k but the other Incentive amount up to 9k will depend upon
your performance.
So this all will be calculated and all the Base stipend amount
plus the Incentive amount with the perks which will depend
upon your performance will be released by us and given to you
after 90 days i.e. after completion of the Internship.
All good Am I clear?

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 [Here you will face three situation]

Situation 1
The Intern is okay with Policy and terms,
Then,

HR
Great! So now to summarize the whole call
[Ask the main pointers again and confirm on the below points
that he/she is clear on the same or not]
1) 6hrs time/day
2) Probation period
3) Stipend structure and it will paid after the completion of
the Internship

CANDIDATE
(in excitement)
Yes !

HR
So, (Name of candidate) You will receive a confidentiality
agreement cum Offer letter , You need to sign it and revert us
back on the same mail with the signed document after that you
can start with us. You can sign the document digitally and
physically as well.
Ask the Candidate to send you their Email Id over whatsApp to
you.

CANDIDATE
Yes sure .Looking forward to work with the company

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 HR
Sure, bye Have agreat day.

Situation 2
Will ask you why payment is not paid monthly and why at the
end of the three months
Then,

HR
We used to pay the Interns on monthly basis only but
we have some bad experiences attached to it. Interns
used to leave the Internship midway after getting the
stipend despite of committing three months to the
company. So the half left project makes difficult for
the other Intern to come and start from the first
Intern has left and hence which turned out to be
waste of time and resources for us.
We here groom interns and allow them to learn here
with us, but commitment is what we strive for. We
want passionate and lucrative people to work with us,
moreover we have People from IIT and IIM working with
us here.
(If candidate agrees then follow steps mentioned in
situation 1)

(If he/she request to make it per month basis then

tell him/her it is not possible we have strict policy
and protocol in the company.)

IF the candidate agrees then good close him/her if

does not then tell him/her that him/her that this is
Just the First Line of Call and you will receive the second
call if you are shortlisted in a day or two. Thank you for
your time and Have a great day, Take care

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 Situation 3

He/She will try to buy time from you, saying will revert in
sometime.
Then,
Give him/her a deadline of an hour and ask he /she to revert
back with their decision to the offer in the said time or else
it will be considered denied by the company and somebody else
will be locked for the position as it is in High requirement.

And hang up the conversation.

So this pretty much sums up the whole interview

process, I have covered all the situations and scenario
and questions that we need to ask and seek answers from
the candidate.
Note: This is just for reference, however you can
Interview the candidate in whichever ways you are
comfortable in But Don’t forget to ask and reconfirm
that he/she is clear on the points mentioned below:
1) 6hrs time/day and 3 months Long Internship
2) Probation period
3) Stipend structure and it will be paid after the
completion of the Internship i.e. after 3 months
4) Job description.

All the best.

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