People - Talent Acquisition (Talent Selection Process) Flashcards
In an assessment center, a candidate is asked to handle a hypothetical situation dealing with typical job-related challenges. Which selection tool is being used?
Simulation
A simulation or situational case study is tailored to reflect typical problems that might be encountered. Trained assessors can evaluate how well the candidate performs.
As part of screening interviews, recruiters use an interview style that focuses on how applicants handled real life situations in the past as a way to qualify them for their openings. What type of interview technique is being used?
Behavioral
Behavioral interviews explore real experiences and how the applicant responded to the experiences to predict future performance.
Which evidence provides the best defense if a candidate challenges the organization’s selection decision based on a preemployment assessment?
Documentation of the test’s validity
For a test to be used in a selection process, it must be reliable and valid.
For some supervisory and managerial openings, recruiters use work samples of job situations that include individual and group activities, in-basket exercises, and work-related performance tests to evaluate a candidate’s abilities. The results are reviewed by a panel of trained assessors. What is this assessment method called?
Assessment center
Assessment centers are a method of evaluating candidates who are presented with content-valid workplace situations to which they respond and who are then evaluated on their responses.
Which is the best first step when conducting a preemployment background check?
Ensuring that there is a signed release from the candidate
While contacting the applicant’s current or previous supervisor or former employers may be worthwhile, it should not be done unless the employer has a signed release from the candidate indicating that the employer may seek confidential information.
During an interview, when is it appropriate to ask a candidate about prior project outcomes that were unsuccessful?
When assessing the candidate’s ability to learn from previous experiences
Always ask about performance failures to determine how the candidate analyzes, learns, and adapts to new information.
How can an organization with a global presence ensure that it selects the best job candidates?
By using multiple tools that include a cultural assessment component
No single method should be used, and, with a global organizational aspect, it is necessary to assess a candidate’s cross-cultural orientation.
What is the likely harm of imposing an application document submission length for a tenured professor position at a public university?
Loss of relevant information from a curriculum vitae
Certain positions, such as a professor, are better served by a curriculum vitae (CV) than a resume with references or a cover letter. CVs offer a detailed overview of a candidate’s accomplishments, which better lends itself to cataloging the various teaching and research projects that a tenured professor would typically be involved in. By limiting the document length, information highly relevant to the position may be omitted.
The HR director in a rapidly growing start-up needs to secure specific talent for a specialty department with a very short time frame for full productivity. Which type of interviewing will be especially valuable in the selection process?
Behavioral
Behavioral interviewing is built on the premise that past performance is the best predictor of future performance. With a short time to full productivity, prior experience and success in the field will be critical for the success of the individual.
An organization is looking to fill an IT position that requires the person fulfilling the role to continuously learn and stay up to date with new technological trends and capabilities. Which type of substantive assessment may help the organization determine if a candidate is able to learn and acquire new skills as required?
Aptitude tests
Aptitude tests measure the general ability or capacity of an individual to learn or acquire a new skill. This would give the organization the best idea of whether or not the individual would be able to continue to learn new technology as it evolves.
Which type of interview would be the best for determining how multiple candidates would handle working in a dynamic situation where the ability to work fluidly in changing groups is required?
Fishbowl interview
A fishbowl interview is a type of group interview where multiple candidates are brought in to work in a true-to-life work setting. Understanding how individuals work in a new dynamic group and the ability to directly observe and compare multiple candidates at the same time would be beneficial for hiring for the described position.
