What kind of people will I work with? This is a question many job seekers ask in their heads when interviewing for a new position. After all, you’d be spending 8+ hours per day around those folk, so they’d better be good! A peer interview gives you an opportunity to speak directly to your possible colleagues and impress them with your skills. 

What Is A Peer Interview?

In a peer interview, a candidate speaks with their future coworkers rather than only HR and their direct supervisor. The purpose of a peer interview is to help the team determine whether they’d be comfortable with the new hire. It also helps HRs prevent biased hiring decisions, based solely on the opinion of one manager, rather than the group. 

Typically, a peer interview is scheduled after other types of job interviews such as preliminary screening interviews, second manager interviews, and/or technical interviews. If you’ve been invited to a peer interview, it’s a good sign!…

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