Week 4

Question 1

Unstructured (traditional) interview

Answer 1

• interviewers are unprepared
• interviewing questions are unplanned
• no constraints on the questions to be asked
• often are influenced by first impression, contrast effect and stereotyping
• line managers tend to blame the HR for poor hiring
• there is no pre-sent selection criteria
• an untrained interviewers body may effect the responses of the applicants
• variations in the cognitive ability of the interviewers may affect the hiring decisions

Question 2

Ten points in creating a structured interview CONTENT (1-5)

Answer 2

Content
1) Interviewing questions should be based on a job analysis
2) Ask same questions to each candidate
3) Limit impromptu (unplanned) and follow-up questions (may cause bias according to answers)
4) Ask better questions (background, job knowledge, past behavioural questions)
5) Control ancillary (necessary support) information

Question 3

Ten points in creating a structured interview EVALUATION (6-10)

Answer 3

Evaluation
6) Anchor the rating scales
7) Take notes
8) Use multiple interviews
9) Use same interviews across all candidates
10) provide extensive interviewing training