PSY 3711 Lecture 10: 10. Interviews 10.11.2018
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Structured vs. unstructured interviews the extent to which the interview is conducted in a consistent and structured behavior. Interviews can differ on many other dimensions: structure is complex and refers to several elements of the interview that can be clustered into two categories: Job analysis based: same questions asked of all candidates, use better types of questions. Limit prompting, follow-up, and elaboration: past work behaviors, work related background, specific job knowledge. Interview length: control of data given to interviewer. Ideally, interviewer should go into interview with as little knowledge possible: timing of interviewee questions (during/after) 6 components of interview: base questions on a job analysis, ask same questions, use better questions, rating each answer or use multiple scales, provide interviewer training, use multiple raters. Interview validity: most structured r = 0. 56. Least structured r = 0. 20: situational r = 0. 50. Job-related r = 0. 39: psychological (unstructured) r = 0. 29.
