Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Partnership
Should Machine Learning Transcribe Job Interviews?
New research explores accuracy and bias in automated transcription software used in interviews.
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
The Impact of Eye Contact During Video Interviews
New research shows that when employees are participating in virtual interviews, eye contact can impact their ratings.
Categories : *Harvard Business Review
Getting the Most Out of Job Interviews
Harvard Business Review explains how organizations can utilize different interview methods to get what they want out of the job interview process.
Categories : *Journal of Personnel Psychology
How Do People Respond to Brain Teaser Questions on Job Interviews?
New research demonstrates that both practitioners and applicants dislike brainteaser interview questions. As such, organizations should consider dropping these questions from the hiring process.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Partnership
Social Class Advantage in the Job Search Process
Researchers find that people from working-class backgrounds have a different experience when searching for jobs compared to people from upper-class backgrounds.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology Partnership
How Social Media Can Influence Hiring Decisions
Employers often look at job applicants’ social media pages prior to making hiring decisions. What kind of information is available, and how is it related to recruiter evaluations?
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
Rapport Building on Job Interviews: How Much Does It Matter?
Researchers investigate whether rapport building on job interviews is helpful or harmful to the process of accurately assessing employees.
Categories : *Journal of Applied Psychology
How Rude Treatment by Interviewers Affects Job Searching Motivation
New research shows that an interviewer’s professional discourtesy can lower a job seeker’s motivation.
Categories : *Journal of Business and Psychology
The Role of Storytelling in Effective Structured Job Interviews
Structured job interviews often include behavioral questions, where the applicant is supposed to talk about a time when he demonstrated a particular skill or ability. Storytelling is an important aspect of being able to answer these types of questions successfully. A new study explores the important role of storytelling in interviews and shows how to increase your likelihood of getting hired.
Categories : *Academy of Management Journal
How to Conduct a Job Interview: Avoid the Sales Pitch
Job interviewers often have two goals in mind when meeting an applicant and conducting a job interview: Evaluate the candidate’s fit for the company or position, and “sell” the job to the prospective employee. A new study shows how this “selling orientation” negatively impacts an interviewer’s judgment.