Having completed all appropriate research and screened the potential candidates, the Lead Consultant will then arrange a formal interview. The only way that a person’s ‘technical’ ability and ‘culture fit’ can be properly assessed is through the skills of the interviewer. More and more, Competency Based Interviewing is required to ‘drill down’ on a candidate’s suitability for a specific role. Additional questioning is also required to move candidates out of their ‘comfort zones’. Once removed from the relative safety of a purely biographical interview, a far more realistic psychometric profile becomes apparent. This interview can be complemented with psychometric or other assessment tests with prior agreement from the Client. Throughout the assessment process, Clients are kept fully informed (at the very least on a weekly basis) as to the progress of the assignment.