面试是用人单位和应聘者之间见面交流的一种就业测试，是用人单位选择员工最常用的方法。工作面试主要考核应聘者的智力水平、相关工作经验、教育背景、生理状况（负重，站立工作，野外工作等）、性格特征、沟通能力和工作原因。面试的系统化程度各不相同，既有完全非系统化的自由交流，也有事先创建、用来询问应聘者的问题列表。研究表明系统化的面试比非系统化的面试更为有效，它能更准确的预测哪一位应聘者是好员工。

面试在招聘决定之前用于评估应聘者。面试之前通常会对应聘者提交简历进行评估，然后用人单位从中挑选一小部分的人进行面试。各种社交活动和招聘会是潜在的面试机会。求职面试是测试有潜力员工最有用的方法之一。 面试也需要用人单位大量的资源，然而已经得到证实，在面试中确定最佳人选是非常不可靠的。面试也会让应聘者评价用人单位的企业文化和要求。

A job interview is a one-on-one interview consisting of a conversation between a job applicant and a representative of an employer which is conducted to assess whether the applicant should be hired. Interviews are one of the most popularly used devices for employee selection. Interviews vary in the extent to which the questions are structured, from a totally unstructured and free-wheeling conversation, to a structured interview in which an applicant is asked a predetermined list of questions in a specified order; structured interviews are usually more accurate predictors of which applicants will make good employees, according to research studies.