Interviewing Techniques and Methods Flashcards
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A situational interview question differs from a behavioral interview question primarily in that it:
Answer: Presents a hypothetical scenario rather than asking about past experience
Situational questions pose hypothetical job-related scenarios and ask what the candidate would do, whereas behavioral questions ask what the candidate has done.
Under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act, an interview question about a candidate's national origin is:
Answer: Prohibited as it is not job-related and could cause disparate impact
Questions about national origin are prohibited under Title VII because they are not job-related and can lead to discriminatory hiring decisions.
In CODESP-aligned selection systems, interview questions must be:
Answer: Based on a current, documented job analysis
CODESP guidelines require that interview questions be grounded in a current job analysis to ensure content validity and job-relatedness.
Which scheduling practice best supports fairness in oral interview processes?
Answer: Randomizing interview order to prevent order effects from systematically favoring early or late candidates
Randomizing interview order controls for order effects such as primacy and recency, which can systematically advantage candidates interviewed at certain times.
What is the purpose of conducting a 'probe' during a structured interview?
Answer: To elicit more complete or specific information when an initial response is vague
Probes are follow-up questions used by interviewers to obtain the level of behavioral detail needed to accurately score a response.
Inter-rater reliability in an interview panel is BEST measured by:
Answer: Calculating the correlation or agreement among panelists' independent ratings
Inter-rater reliability is measured by calculating the degree of agreement or correlation among independently assigned scores from multiple raters.
Which of the following is an example of an impermissible interview question under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)?
Answer: 'Do you have any disabilities that would prevent you from working?'
The ADA prohibits asking candidates directly about disabilities; employers may only ask whether the candidate can perform essential job functions with or without accommodation.