Employee Interview

Question 1

Most commonly used method to select employees

Answer 1

Interview

Question 2

Types of interview

Answer 2

> Structured (can add incremental validity)

• highly structured -all 3 criteria met
• moderate: -2 criteria met
• slightly: 1 criteria met

> Unstructured
-no criteria met

>One-on-one interview
>Serial interview
>Return interview
>Panel interview
>Group interview

Question 3

Problems with unstructured interview

Answer 3

• poor intuitive ability
• lack of job-relatedness
• primacy effects (first impressions)
• contrast effect
• negative information bias
• interviewer-interviewee similarity
• appearance
• non-verbal cues

Question 4

Also called as Situational questions

Answer 4

Future-focused questions

Question 5

Scoring keys in interviews

Answer 5

> Right/wrong approach
-for skill-level determiner and disqualifier
Typical-answer approach
-list all positive answers and rated by SME and identify benchmark answers
Key issues approach
-SMEs create list of key issues (1pt) they think should be included in the perfect answer

Question 6

Types of Resume

Answer 6

> Chronological

• list previous jobs in order from most to the least recent
• useful for whose previous jobs related to future plans

> Functional

• organizes jobs based on skills required to perform them in order in which they worked
• useful for those who are either changing careers of have gaps in work histories

> Psychological

• contains strengths of chronological and functional
• based on sound psychological theory and research
• 1st section: priming, primacy, short-term memory limits
• 2nd section: education and experience

Question 7

Averaging vs. adding model

Answer 7

Activity quality is more important than quantity