Exam 6: Selection and Hiring

An interviewer asks the job candidate to explain how he might handle a customer conflict if one should occur.What type of interview was being used?

__________ tests measure the knowledge required by a job.

The purpose of __________ assessment methods is to reduce the pool of job applicants to a group of job candidates.

Because job performance is usually the most important staffing outcome,__________ fit is the primary focus of most assessment efforts.

A candidate's scores on the different assessments must be meaningfully combined to derive an overall score that can be compared across candidates.What are two ways of combining assessment scores?

What are the three fairness perceptions that influence a candidate's willingness to accept a job offer? What can an organization do to minimize the effects of perceived unfairness?

What is the difference between a structured and unstructured interview? Which is the best to use? Give an example of each.

You have just been hired by an HR department and asked to overhaul the selection and hiring process.Your boss wants you to begin by choosing one assessment method from each category of assessment and justifying your choice.

One of the goals of assessment is to __________ a potentially bad hire.

The perceived fairness of the policies and procedures used to determine the outcome is referred to as__________ fairness.

__________ tests typically use computerized or paper-and-pencil tests to assess general mental abilities,including reasoning,logic,and perceptual abilities.

A match between an individual and his or her workgroup and supervisor is called _______ fit.

__________ assessment is often expensive and time consuming but should be thought of as an investment in hiring the most successful employees.

What type of assessment method is being used if a formal job offer is made only when the candidate passes a background check?

Most organizations put a great deal of thought and effort into the job offer process.

__________ assessment methods are used to evaluate job candidates in order to identify whom to hire.

In what kind of interview is the candidate given a business situation,challenge,or problem and asked to present a well-thought-out solution?

__________ is defined as having a high attention to detail and being willing to follow rules and exert effort.

Person-job fit is the fit between a person's abilities and the job's demands,and the fit between a person's desires and motivations and the job's attributes and rewards.

__________ tests do not tend to result in adverse impact.