COMMERCE 2BC3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Gas Balloon, Unstructured Interview, Impression Management
19 Oct 2020
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Are you smart enough to get a job at google: what is the next number in this sequence: 10, 9,60,90,70,66: you"re in a car with a helium balloon on a string that is tied to the floor. When you step on the gas pedal, what happens to the balloon. The decision is based on a "gut feeling": problems with unstructured interviews: Not necessarily intentional: poor reliability and low/moderate validity (. 1-. 3) Structured interviews: validity (. 5 - . 6, has 3 features, has job related questions, predetermined scoring system or rating scale (either at the end of the interview or for each question) Standardization (all applicants are being asked the same questions: two types: Situational interview: what would you do if, your intention to behave should be a reasonable predictor for how you actually do behave, problems with situational interviews: Ability tests: the capacity to function in a certain way (cognitive, physical, psychomotor, etc, cognitive ability tests.
