Interview in Ministry

Bro. Mark Ormond S.M.

Balaswamy

Date: 12/11/2010

Interview on Ministry

Always there is a possibility of choosing wrong person for a right job through an interview. I feel that in any interview one must need to know proper questions those need to be asked for any job. If not, I feel that the interviewer choosing the wrong person for a right job.

Here, I would like to give you an impressive questionnaire that I would be probably going to ask the interviewee for a job in the Sumanahalli Centre in Bangalore where we treat leprosy patients and the Aids patients primarily.

In the beginning, when the interviewee comes, I would ask him to have his respective seat in the room, then to relax for a moment. With this kind of background I would like to start the interview. I would expect the interviewee to answer all the questions asked in the interview with his sincere effort for the job.

As we are the organization which is called as N.G.O (Non Governmental Organization), it is my duty to explain a little information about our organization and its aims and works for the betterment of the society. Since it is not a government organization, in the beginning itself, I would be glad to inform him about the main aspects of our organization like that of scale of payment which could be little or more lesser than the government pay scale.

I also would tell the interviewee if at all there is a need to do extra service hours in the job, he/she needs to be willingly accepted the situation according to its necessity as it is the social organization helping the Aids and Leprosy patients in the society. These are the main aspects which as an interviewer, I would like to begin by talking with the interviewee.

In this centre of Summanahalli, there is always a need for lot of commitment in all the areas of work. This commitment I want from the interviewee. First and foremost, I feel that interviewee should have a courageous heart to deal with the patients in the campus gently rather than treating them as patients. Interviewee needs to have studied M.S.W (Master of Social Work) which is a study closely related with the social work. I also would expect some kind of nursing course that an interviewee may have done before applying for this job as a special coordinator of this organization.

In case, if there are no proper people in time of emergency, one should know how to treat the wounds of the Leprosy patient or health condition of the Aids patient. It is always a necessary concern for this job that one needs to have learnt how to attend the wounds of the patients. I feel, nursing course would give certain criteria of how to deal with the medical situation of the patients in times of emergency.

Besides, these qualities, I also would ask him/her married status. I feel, it is necessary to know the interviewee background before offering him/her a job in our organization. It is always very helpful if a person is not married. It is because once the person is married, it is always danger for these kinds of jobs as they would feel not to move more closely to the patients it may be because of the force of family or of any self interests. I understand that if a person is married, he would be filled with many responsibilities and problems within the family and even from outside of the family. Like this situation is not suitable for the job of coordinator in our organization. We expect that a person needs to dedicate his whole self that is to say his total interests in doing the job perfectly during the work time rather than just thinking and planning programs for the family.

I also ask him/her to submit their doctor certificate before applying for the job. It is very important for the job to be free from all the sicknesses. In our organization, the job of a coordinator demands an active participation when one is in duty. So, I think the doctor certificate would help us to know the physical conditions of the interviewee before getting into the interview. As a coordinator, I would expect the interviewee, to have capacity to organize social awareness programs in all the areas of human life. One needs to be creative in thinking and planning in organizing different kinds of programs within the centre for the patients and also the awareness programs in all the corners of the society. I expect the interviewee to have these skills of organizing these events in the schools and the colleges besides in our campus.

As a chairman of this centre of Summanahalli, I would expect the interviewee to relate with the other staff more gently so that as a coordinator he could keep the atmosphere of the campus more peaceful. For this purpose, I would look qualities of patience, humility and respect towards other individuals. I do not expect a person who is short tempered, aggressive to come to this work as a coordinator.

I also would look for a person who would be willing to stay in our centre and do his/her job all the time. I mean to say that like these kinds of jobs we provide accommodation facilities for the coordinator. The primary thought is that when he stays in our centre, he would be expected to attend the needs of the patients even in the times of emergency.

Thus, as an interviewer, it is my utmost responsibility to make sure I pick up right person for the post of coordinator in our centre. I feel that some of the expectations of mine which are addressed above are more useful to pick a right person to this post of coordinator. In all the ways of life, conducting an interview is a tough task, it is because the post for a job always determines either the growth of the particular organization or it may cause the destruction of a particular organization. If we choose a wrong person for a post I expect in my organization the damage of the care centre would be much more than just not having anyone for that particular post in my organization. So, the interviewee must a choice of good opinion and honestly making a sincere effort in taking the level of the organization to a new level or to the new heights in the society.