Exam 7: Selection

As it relates to selection methods or the process itself, work/life balance:

Alexandra was hired as a home health aide for a ABC Home Health Agency without having any criminal background check or references completed. She was convicted of retail theft five years ago and also terminated from her previous job for stealing money from the office petty cash box. After working for ABC for less than six months a patient's family member caught Alexandra stealing money from their mother's purse. Given this information ABC could be dealing with:

Person-organization fit is more important than person-job fit because if an applicant fits with the organization that is an indication that they will work well with others and support the mission of the organization and job fit can be taught.

A selection tool which measures someone's understanding of business grammar and writing would be referred to as a type of cognitive ability test.

You are designing the selection process for an assembly line position. Which of the following selection methods would you most likely include in the selection process?

Bias can come in the form of all of the following EXCEPT:

Marvin was disappointed to learn that he was no longer being considered for the construction foreman position. He did well in the initial screening interview, passed his physical abilities test, but did not do well in the panel interview step. If he would have had a good panel interview he would have went on for a final interview with the VP of Operations. This organization used the:

Globalization has impacted selection in all of the following ways EXCEPT:

A job analysis tool should be used to determine which type of personality inventory would be appropriate to give to those applying for the job.

Candidates for the customer service representative position are put at a work station and must receive calls from fictional customers to demonstrate how they would handle each situation. This is a selection tool known as:

As one of the five dimensions of the Big Five approach to personality assessments, extroversion tells you how much self control the individual has, how achievement oriented they are, and how dependable and orderly they are.

The ________ approach to making a selection decision weights each step in the selection process to come up with an overall score for each candidate.

You interview an applicant who agrees with every statement you make about your philosophy on leadership styles. The applicant is using the halo effect to the get the job.

When a job candidate is artificially rated either very high or very low compared to other job candidates then ________ has occurred.

You are the VP of Operations and will be interviewing for a new Administrative Secretary. Create four structured interview questions which you will ask each candidate.

When deciding whether or not to use employment tests, an organization should consider implementing them if:

A/An ________ provides information about an employee's potential to perform a job, whereas a/an ________ tells the recruiter if the applicant can actually perform the job.

Explain the different between a loose versus a tight labor market. What impact can each have on how an organization makes its selection decisions?

The Big Five approach to personality inventories groups personality traits into one of five categories including ________, ________, ________, ________, and extroversion.

The selection processes for internal and external applicants follow two separate sets of steps in order to select the best individual for the job.