The phrase "as the initial interview" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a specific interview that serves as the first in a series or process.
Example: "The candidate performed well as the initial interview, demonstrating strong communication skills."
Alternatives: "like the first interview" or "similar to the opening interview".
And yet, somehow, the mea culpa is almost as disastrous as the initial interview.
Britain's Guardian said "somehow the mea culpa is almost as disastrous as the initial interview".
And Homa Khaleeli, writing in a Guardian blog, was also contemptuous of Buck's attempt at exculpation: "The mea culpa is almost as disastrous as the initial interview", she writes.
Onboarding can — and should — begin as early as the initial interview.
One interviewer (AEV) contacted participants by telephone six weeks after the initial interview to determine again what their preferences would be if they had advanced dementia in exactly the same manner as the initial interview.
The proportion of healthcare workers who reported the same exposure in the follow-up interview as during the initial interview was >80% for most respiratory and airway management activities and >90% for procedures such as vascular catheter insertion.
As in the initial interview, these cover their perceptions of the impact of the intervention, on themselves and on the patient, and their views on taking part in the study.
Data analysis started as soon as the initial interviews were transcribed and cleaned, and continued throughout the study.
VKI fixed the GP sample size at 21, seven of whom (33%) being 'private GPs', thus creating deliberately an oversampling of 'private GPs' as they explained in the initial interview.
†A participant who is a current smoker smoked cigarettes as of 1 month before the initial interview.
Finally, our data on intensity of exposures to the dust cloud and time spent in lower Manhattan are limited because of the deliberate nature of the initial interview as a screening tool, to identify broad categories of exposure.
