Selecting New Employees

25 important questions on Selecting New Employees

What are the three reasons of why the selection process is important?

  • Bad hires cost time and money
  • Bad hires result in lower productivity
  • Bad hires can be negligent hires

What are the eight steps op the selection process?

  1. Application
  2. Screening
  3. Testing
  4. Second interview
  5. Background checks
  6. Conditional job offer
  7. Drug screening/ physical exam
  8. Hired: End of process

How do you call the process of choosing the best-qualified applicant who was recruited for a given job?

Selection
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How do you call a legal concept that says if the organization hires someone who may pose a danger to coworkers, customers, suppliers, or other third parties, and if that person then harms someone else in the course of working for the company, then the company can be held liable for the individual's actions?

Negligent hire

What are the three main types of fit in the selection process?

  • Personality-job fit
  • Ability-job fit
  • Person-organization fit

What are the five major points in the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures?

  • Criterion-related validity
  • Content validity
  • Construct validity
  • Reliability
  • The relationship between reliability and validity

How do you call the guidelines that provide information that can be used to avoid discriminatory hiring practices as well as discrimination in other employment decisions?

Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures (UGESP)

How do you call an assessment of whether a test measures knowledge or understanding of the items it is supposed to measure?

Content validity

How do you call an assessment that measures a theoretical concept or trait that is not directly observable?

Construct validity

How do you call an assessment instrument designed to determine if you have the ability to apply a particular knowledge set?

Skills set

How do you call a test measuring the psychological traits or characteristics of applicants to determine suitability for performance in a specific type of job?

Personality test

How do you call a test measuring a person's intellectual curiosity and motivation in a particular field?

Interest test

How do you call an assessment of general intelligence or of some type of aptitude for a particular job?

Cognitive ability test

How do you call a test designed to ensure that applicants are capable of performing on the job in ways defined by the job specification and description?

Physical test

How do you call a test conducted by providing a sample of the work that the candidate would perform on the job and asking the candidate to perform the tasks under some type of controlled condition?

Work sample

How do you call a place where job applicants undergo a series of tests, interviews, and simulated experiences to determine their potential for a particular job?

Assessment center

How do you call tests where a candidate is put into a highpressure situation in a controlled environment so that the danger and cast are limited?

Simulation

How do you call a test identifying whether or not an employee is physically capable at a particular point in time of performing a specific type of work?

Fitness-for-duty test

What are the four types of questions?

  • Closed-ended
  • Open-ended
  • Hypothetical
  • Probing

What are the six steps of preparing an interview?

  1. Review the job description and specification
  2. Prepare a realistic job preview
  3. Plan the type of interview
  4. Develop questions for all candidates
  5. Develop a form
  6. Develop questions for each candidate

What are the five interview steps?

  1. Open the interview
  2. Present the realistic job preview
  3. Ask your questions
  4. Introduce the top candidates to coworkers
  5. Close the interview

What are the four background checks?

  • Credit checks
  • Criminal background checks
  • Reference checks
  • Social media an web searches

What are the five problems to avoid during the selection process?

  • Rushing
  • Stereotyping
  • Like me syndrome
  • Halo and horn effects
  • Premature selection

How do you call the model requiring that each applicant must pass a particular selection test to go on to the next trial?

Multiple-hurdle selection model

How do you call the model allowing an individual to do poorly on one test but make up for that poor grade by doing exceptionally well on other criteria?

Compensatory selection model

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