Exam 5: Selection

Which of the following is a feature of a structured interview?

_____ software is readily available to scan all received résumés and select the ones that contain the keywords.

The _____ refers to the steps involved in choosing someone who has the right qualifications to fill a current or future job opening.

_____ is the process of determining the sources of information that will be used and how they will be scored during the interview.

Which of the following is a disadvantage of using the bidding system?

Under the compensatory model, only candidates with high (preset) scores go to the next stages of the selection process.

A _____ involves selecting an employee characteristic to be measured and then identifying which questions on the application predict the desired behavior.

In human resources, KSAOs refers to the knowledge, skills, abilities, and other personal characteristics that make a person successful on the job.

_____ is a type of bias that occurs when comparing one candidate to others.

Bernard Mills has been asked to take a portfolio of the projects he has worked on earlier to his interview, for the post of a senior architect at Palmer Developers Inc. This is an example of a(n) _____.

When a candidate thinks he or she knows what the interviewer wants to hear, and answers the questions based on that assumption, he/she has an interview bias called the _____ bias.

A _____ is a type of interview where the candidate is asked questions about what he or she actually did in a variety of given situations.

Looking at the names of individuals before interviewing-which could have a negative impact on an interviewer's perception about their age, race, or gender-is an example of disparate impact.

A behavior description interview is one where the candidate is asked questions about the:

What are the areas of interview questions that would be considered illegal?

Derek Pierce, the hiring manager, was collating the scores of the twelve candidates who were interviewed a week earlier. He put together their interview ratings, scores on preemployment tests as well as the details of their background checks and sent it to be reviewed by the managers and supervisors. When the list of selected candidates was sent back, he felt that some promising candidates had been left out. Consulting the list, he realized that those who were chosen were interviewed in the last two days of a weeklong interview schedule. Derek decided that this biased selection had to be reworked. Which of the following bias is reflected here?

_____ refers to the degree in which other selection techniques yield similar data over time.

A _____ occurs when an interviewer relies on an intuitive feeling about a candidate.

While recruiting, managers have to evaluate if a candidate is suited to the organization in terms of company culture and team culture.

A _____ requires that a candidate has a minimum score level on all selection criteria.