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
Does Rude Treatment by Interviewers Affect Job Searching Motivation?
Consider new research that explores whether an interviewer’s professional discourtesy can lower a job seeker’s motivation.
Categories : Interviewing Selection
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.
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 interviewers’ judgment, suggesting a separation of the attraction and evaluation processes.
Categories : *Personnel Psychology
Can Organizations Detect Lying on Job Interviews?
Job applicants are oftentimes deceptive on job interviews. How can employers detect the dishonest candidates and spot the truthful ones?
Categories : *Journal of Personnel Psychology
How Structured Job Interviews Can Improve Hiring Success
Researchers explore the use of structured employment interviews, specifically noting how they can be used to improve employee selection systems.
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment Interviewing Measurement Selection1 Comment
Interview Reliability: Statistics vs. Personal Experience
From a statistical point of view, a perfectly reliable interview is one in which interviewees and interviewers react identically to identical situations: interviewees answer the same question the same way every time, and interviewer interpret, evaluate, and rate identical responses identically. But is this really an ideal interview process from a real-world perspective?
Relationship Between Situational Demands and Job Performance
Most people are able to learn the situational demands of different environments and apply them appropriately. The job selection process, with its involved interviews and situational tests, is a peculiar and specialized kind of environment. New research suggests that an under-examined element that may come into play, not only during this part of the hiring process, but also in job performance generally.
Categories : *International Journal of Selection and Assessment
How Prospective Employees Judge Fit With An Organization
Researchers show how job candidates assess person-organization fit via the job interview process. What does this this mean for organizations?
Categories : Discrimination Interviewing Selection
Should Your Spouse Interview for You? (IO Psychology)
How well can your spouse sing your praises? Well enough to help you get that job you’ve always wanted?
This article discussed the ethical and legal issues surrounding spousal interviews for employment. Ever heard of it? Some companies are choosing to include spousal interviews as a part of their hiring process, especially for sales roles.