Exam 7: Selecting Human Resources

According to the EEOC,employers must treat résumés as though they were application forms,even if the résumés contain information that is illegal to be used in the employment decision.

The Employee Polygraph Protection Act

Voltra,Inc.,is planning to fill a number of openings for entry-level professionals.The selection process is quite extensive and includes several levels of individual interviews,team interviews,and psychological tests,as well as general ability tests.Much of the interview time is spent on the applicant's philosophy of life and work.Voltra,Inc.,is highly concerned with

In general,the more structured a type of selection interview is,the more likely it is to be statistically valid.

Kent and Julie are both recruiters for Sunspree Products.When Kent and Julie interview the same applicant,the two recruiters often find they have different opinions about the applicant's potential as a future high performer for Sunspree.Kent and Julie demonstrate

In a ____ interview an applicant might be asked,"In your experience as a supervisor,how did you handle an employee who was a poor performer?"

Courts have ruled that disqualification questions that screen out potential job applicants before the individuals even fill out a job application are discriminatory.

In a structured interview,

Of the following types of selection interview,which is the LEAST valid?

An "in basket" test is an example of a/an ____ test.

A vendor of selection tests has called on the recruiting manager for Maxster Merchandisers,Inc.The vendor is promoting an honesty test which scores he says are strongly negatively correlated with theft.Maxster has had a long-standing problem of employee theft from warehouses.The recruiting manager asks to see some statistics.The vendor says that a high score on the test has a correlation coefficient of ____ with shoplifting behavior.

Beckenkall Consulting is a rapidly-growing management consulting firm.As it expands,it needs to hire a number of new consultants every year.The failure rate of new consultants has been too high.The director of HR has decided to see if the success rate of new hires can be increased by selecting applicants who not only have all the technical qualifications,but also have the same personality as successful consultants now working in the firm.Consequently,the HR director gives all the high-performing consultants the MMPI.She sees that there is one dominant type of personality in this group.Now,she has told the manager of recruitment to give the MMPI to applicants as one of the hurdles they must clear before being hired.This is an example of

The recruiter for Asphodel Photo Supply is scanning a résumé.The individual,a woman,is highly qualified for the position which Asphodel has open.The position requires two weeks of travel per month.Her résumé has a section headed "Hobbies and Activities." In this section,she lists membership in a club called "Parents of Multiples," an organization for parents who have twins and other multiple-birth children.

____ measure dexterity,hand-eye coordination,and arm-hand steadiness.

The purpose of a/an ____ is to give applicants an accurate idea of the positive and negative aspects of the job so that they can more accurately evaluate the employment situation.

Clarence is selecting questions for a structured interview he is designing.He wants to ask each candidate a question or two that will tap the applicant's motivation.All of the following would be good "motivation" questions EXCEPT

Which of the following interview questions is MOST useful?

Poor adaptation of an expatriate's spouse and/or family to the overseas location is a major factor in the failure of expatriate assignments.

The Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986,requires employers to

Becky's Facebook page shows her texting while driving in a number of different circumstances,including one where she has her cellphone taped to her car's steering wheel.Becky has found out that three different companies have rejected her after initially-promising interviews for outside sales positions because of this Facebook information.The employers are guilty of invasion of privacy and making employment decisions on inappropriately-gathered information.