Transcript Chapter #6

Chapter #7
Interviewing
Candidates
Outcomes
List the main types of selection
interviews
 Understand the usefulness of
interviews
 Know guidelines for being and
effective interviewer
 Explain the legal aspects of
interviewing
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Interview
Procedure designed to obtain
information from one’s oral
responses to oral inquiries.
 Used to predict
 99% use this tool
 Law considers it a “test”.
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EEO ,ADA, ADEA
EEO (YOU CAN NOT ASK)
Race, origin, religion, gender
 Arrest records (unless what)?
 Children, childcare
 Rent or own a home
 Married
 Transportation
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ADA
Can not ask about disability.
 Only..ksa’s needed on job
description.
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ADEA
Age
 Dates of graduation, marriage,
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What are these used for?
Appraisal interviews
 Exit interviews
 Selection interviews
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UNSTRUCTURED
 STRUCTURED
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Types of interviewing
formats
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Unstructured
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Just ask questions
as they come up in
the conversation
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Structured
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A plan or question
guide
Responses are
rated.
Directive
Types of questions #162
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Situational
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Behavioral
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Tell me about a time
when ?
Job-related
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What would you do if?
Which courses?
Stress
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To find hypersensitivity.
SMART HIRING PROJECT
“have a plan!!!!!!!!”
Begins with job description
 Listing priorities
 Developing questions that follow
priorities.
 Rate answers
 Read the resumes compare to
applications
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Administering Interviews
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Personal, one to one
Sequential
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Panel
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Panel can follow up on each others question
Mass interviews
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Go from one to the other
Panel questions several at once
Computerized
Other tips
Get out from behind that desk!!!!
 Stop interruptions!!!!
 Build rapport!!!!!
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Are interviews useful?
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Better if they are
structured
Predict better
Know exactly what
traits you are
trying to assess
Interviewing don’ts
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The first 3 seconds
Negative bias
Misunderstanding
the job.
Too much pressure
to hire.
Non verbals
Attractiveness
More interview don’ts
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Too much talk
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Active listening
Too little talk
Unprepared
Candidate order or
Contrast error
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“Bad” candidate
just before.
The Law
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Train interviewers
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What not to ask?
EEOC uses testers
Be consistent
Questions job
related.
Ask questions but don’t interrogate
 Don’t put words in their mouths
 Ask for specific examples
 Close the interview
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Do you have any questions?
• End on positive note
• Send rejection note +thank you
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Write notes, review interview
Tough questions
Tell me about yourself?
 What are you looking for?
 What are your goals?
 What didn’t you like about your last
boss?
 What are your weaknesses?
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Good questions applicants
should ask
Who will I report to?
 Who will report to me?
 What are my duties?
 What kind of person succeeds best
in this company?
 Don’t ask
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When do I get my first bonus?
 When can qualify for your job?
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Which of the following is not true of
structured interviews
A. Close to conversational style
 B. Sets order of questions
 C. Planned follow up questions
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Which of the following is
NOT a situational question?
A. If you were alone with an irate
customer what would you do?
 B. Tell me bout a time when you
were speaking with an irate
customer?
 C. Which courses did you like best
in business school?
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Your choice of interview
questions should begin with
A. Reading resumes first.
 B. Calling applicants for
appointments.
 C. Job descriptions
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It’s ok to ask about felonies
A. True
 B. False
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A stress interview seeks to
make the applicant ____.
A. Cry
 B. Uncomfortable
 C. Unearth hypersensitive
applicants.
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Comparing one candidate to another too
quickly may result in
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A. nonverbal behavior.
 B. Contrast error.
 C. Pressure to hire.
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