Tutorial 7 – Questions
Group Activity
1. Prepare and give a short presentation titled, “How to Be Effective As an
Interviewer.”
2.
Use the Internet to find employers who now do preliminary selection
interviews via the Web. Print out and bring examples to class. Do you
think these interviews are useful? Why or why not? How would you
improve them?
3. In groups, discuss and compile examples of “the worst interview I ever
had.” What was it about these interviews that made them so bad? If time
permits, discuss as a class.
Discussion Questions
1. Explain and illustrate the basic ways in which you can classify selection
interviews.
2. Briefly describe each of the following possible types of interviews:
unstructured panel interviews; structured sequential interviews; job-related
structured interviews.
3. For what sorts of jobs do you think computerized interviews are most
appropriate? Why?
4. Why do you think situational interviews yield a higher mean validity than
do job-related or behavioral interviews, which in turn yield a higher mean
validity than do psychological interviews?
5. Similarly, how do you explain the fact that structured interviews, regardless
of content, are more valid than unstructured interviews for predicting job
performance?
6. Briefly discuss and give examples of at least five common interviewing
mistakes. What recommendations would you give for avoiding these
interviewing mistakes?
7. Briefly discuss what an interviewer can do to improve his or her
performance.