Exam 4: Recruitment, Selection, and Decision Making

What is the essential difference between a Situational Interview (SI) and a Behavioural Description Interview (BDI)?

When looking at the outcomes of a selection system, what would be the impact on hiring candidates who turn out to be successful on the job when the base rate is increased for a specific predictor cut-off score?

What are the five factors of the Big Five Theory of Personality?

Resume information tends to overlap substantially with information obtained through Weighted Application Blanks and Biographical Information Blanks.

According to the summary of the validities of predictors of overall job performance, which predictor has the highest validity?

The Big 5 Theory of Personality includes extraversion; conscientiousness; agreeableness; neuroticism; self-esteem.

What is an essential characteristic of the multiple cut-off decision model?

Will is the host of a sports radio call-in show, and he is looking for a new assistant.The responsibilities will be to organize the show, including: taking information from callers, screening callers, introducing the callers and their topics on air, coordinating commercials, and keeping Will on task and on time.The assistant must have a clear speaking voice and must feel comfortable talking "on air." Some broadcasting experience would be helpful.Knowledge of all sports is an asset.This position needs to be filled immediately (within the next week). You are the human resource director for the radio station.What formal and informal recruiting techniques will you use? Please explain fully (and justify your methods).

Unstructured interviews are as effective as structured interviews in predicting job performance.

What is a strength of assessment centres (ACs)?

According to your text, what does the cognitive ability literature conclude about cognitive ability and performance?

Requiring physical or medical examinations prior to an offer of employment may violate the Canadian Charter of Rights.

Which of the following statements is a characteristic of work simulations?

There are procedures designed to decrease turnover and increase job satisfaction among new employees by providing applicants with accurate information regarding the job and the organization prior to being hired.What are these procedures known as?

Canadian organizations are subject to several laws and legislations that affect recruitment and selection processes and decisions.Which of the following deals with the concerns of four designated groups (women, visible minorities, Aboriginal peoples, and people with disabilities)?

The HR Director wants you to create a structured interview.She wants a situational interview, but her boss (the CEO) has heard about behaviour description interviews and wants that kind.Prepare a presentation of both types of interviews (with an example of each type of question and rating scale) so your employers can make an informed choice.Please explain fully.

Haylie has a large applicant pool of 70 applicants and must hire 10 new employees for research administration positions.Her biggest concern is that she might hire an employee who would not be successful on the job.What type of error is Haylie afraid of making?

Canadian organizations are subject to several laws and legislations that affect recruitment, selection processes, and decisions.Which of the following deals with minimum wages, vacations and leaves, and termination of employment?

With which decision model do you weight the scores of the individual tests according to their importance, and then sum these weighted scores to get a total score?

Briefly describe the "Big 5" factors of personality.Are these factors associated with job performance? Please explain fully.