Exam 9: Assessing External Candidates

What are assessment plans? Create an assessment plan for the position of accountant in a firm where customer focus,accounting skills,and budgeting skills are primarily important.

Unless a business is involved in national defense or security,background checks must be relevant to the nature of the job and job requirements.

Asking applicants what sports they like to play is an example of which external assessment method?

Integrity tests often result in adverse impact.

Asking job candidates for a mechanic position,"have you ever repaired small motors at home?" is an example of a biodata question.

The fit between a person's abilities and the demands of the job and the fit between a person's desires and motivations and the attributes and rewards of a job is ________.

Black Lilies is a fledgling apparel company which is run and managed by its creator Patricia.She has advertised for an accounting executive to manage the finances of the firm.Which of the following,if true,would result in a complementary fit having occurred for the post?

Effective staffing enhances the degree to which a(n)________.

Job seekers often rate ________ as the most job-related selection procedure.

Compare and contrast structured and unstructured interviews.

How does a biodata differ from a résumé and cover letter?

Juan is a highly qualified biomedical researcher.Having recently completed his education,he applies to work at a pharmaceutical company which is renowned for its fast-paced innovation and aggressive growth policy.Which of the following,if true,would provide for a poor person-organization fit in this case?

Supplementary fit occurs when a person has characteristics which are very different from those that already exist in the organization.

An HR manager asked every candidate during an interview to describe a situation in the past in which they had to display their leadership abilities even though they were not a formal leader,discuss what they did,and describe the result.This is an example of which external assessment method?

Asking a candidate during an interview to indicate how she would respond to an irate customer is an example of which external assessment method?

Which of the following statements is a UGESP guideline that pertains to candidate assessment?

According to the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP),to the extent that the setting and manner of administration of a selection method fail to resemble the work situation,the lesser the need for other validity evidence for that selection method.

The higher the fidelity of a job simulation test the higher is the ________.

The biggest legal problem with personality tests is based on ________.

The Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures were created to ________.