Step 4: Complete Interviews

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If possible, you should complete interviews away from your home. This is to ensure your safety and privacy.  

It is best to find a public place that is relatively quiet, such as a room in a library or community centre, so that you are not disturbed and can focus on the interview. 

You could ask your local JobCentre, library or a support organisation if they have a room you can use for your interviews. If you are a personal budget or direct payment recipient, your adviser might be able to help you find a place to complete the interviews.  

It is always a good idea to ask a friend, family member or mediator to do the interviews with you. If you are a personal budget or direct payment recipient, you could ask your adviser to help you. It is useful to have another opinion, but you should make the final decisions and avoid being influenced by the person helping you with the interviews. 

Jot down notes during the interview to remind you of the answers the PA gives to your questions. This will help you remember each candidate later while you are making your decision about who to employ. 

You should not rush making the decision of who to offer the job to. If you are unsure, take some more time to think about it. You can always ask for more information or even to meet some of the candidates for another interview. If you are not happy with any of the people you have interviewed, you can re-advertise and interview different PAs.