Volunteer Interview Considerations
Governance:
Some useful advice and good practice around interviewing volunteers for your organisation...
Preparation
- Check the role description.
- Read any application paperwork
- Meet with anyone else involved in the interview to agree the division of questions areas and roles to be played (e.g. chair, scribe, timekeeper etc.)
- Arrange the interview at an appropriate time and location
- Book the venue
- Inform the prospective volunteer well in advance, providing details of location, time, duration, travel expense provisions, any other selection/matching processes involved etc.
- Check if special arrangements are required