Implementation of interviewers’ main communicative strategy in a job interview

Abstract

The paper focuses on relevant studies of verbal strategies and tactics in professional discourse. The timeliness of this paper is determined by current trends in the development of linguistics including a growing interest in real communication. The paper presents the results of the discourse analysis of an emerged recruitment discourse based on an analysis of the speech behavior of HR manager – an active communication participant whose super task is to test the applicant as a potential employee. The study is based on a functional approach to the study of a new professional discourse that is centered on the interview between a recruiter and a job candidate. The choice of this approach is reasoned by the goal, subject matter and object of the study set by the author. The paper describes the most interesting and unique speech tactics of interviewers (extrajection tactics, small
 talk tactics, stress tactics) in real job interviews. The analysis findings of real
 communicative situations reveal that an integrated approach to assessing potential personnel provides the best result in implementing the main recruiter strategy. The implementation of the integrated approach is clearly demonstrated in
 the scheme of the diagnostic strategy of the applicant during the job interview.
 The principles of diagnosing a linguistic personality may explore options for improving approaches to the study of speech and communicative competence. The
 conclusions presented in the paper make contribution to pragmatics, sociolinguistics, intercultural communication, planning and development of business
 communication. The results obtained by the author shall be applied in training of
 various managers, in particular, recruitment experts, as well as in the development of business communication courses and communication trainings for both
 Russian and international students and specialists.