Competence-Based Employment Interviewing

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Designed to assist practitioners in developing interview procedures for their organizations, this work shows how competence-based human resource management techniques can be applied to employment interviews. Research has shown that the traditional interview does not predict employment success as well as the structured interview, while the structured interview is also the method of choice to ensure a fair and nondiscriminatory hiring process. Leading the practitioner through the three-step interview processpreparation, interviewing techniques, and evaluation of applicantsthis guide provides sample questions, a case study, and forms to help the reader conduct successful structured interviews. Also included is a chapter on issues related to equal opportunity employment and a comprehensive review of the literature on structured interviewing.

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Research has shown that the structured interview predicts employment success better than the traditional interview; the structured interview is also the method of choice to ensure a fair and nondiscriminatory hiring process. This book helps practitioners develop interview procedures for their organizations and shows how competence-based HR management techniques can be applied to employment interviews. A three-step interview process--preparation, interviewing techniques, and evaluation of applicants--is provided. There are sample questions, a case study and forms to help the reader conduct successful interviews. Also included is a chapter on issues related to equal opportunity employment and a comprehensive review of the literature on structured interviewing.-HR Magazine
"Research has shown that the structured interview predicts employment success better than the traditional interview; the structured interview is also the method of choice to ensure a fair and nondiscriminatory hiring process. This book helps practitioners develop interview procedures for their organizations and shows how competence-based HR management techniques can be applied to employment interviews. A three-step interview process--preparation, interviewing techniques, and evaluation of applicants--is provided. There are sample questions, a case study and forms to help the reader conduct successful interviews. Also included is a chapter on issues related to equal opportunity employment and a comprehensive review of the literature on structured interviewing."-HR Magazine

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JEFFREY A. BERMAN is Associate Professor in the School of Business at Salem State College, Salem, Massachusetts. He has published articles in the Harvard Business Review and in other professional journals.