Employers use interviews to get to know potential employees before they are hired. Depending on the goals of the interviewer, interviews follow different approaches. Some are structured and others are less structured. Understanding and recognizing interview types will help you prepare and deliver your interview. How are structured interviews beneficial for the interviewer? Structured interviews provide the applicant with a checklist. The applicant can change the structure of the interview and demonstrate the adaptability for the interviewer. Structured interviews provide comparable data to evaluate because each applicant is asked the same questions