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"If interviews are so ineffective, why are they used so much, and why is little emphasis placed on tests?"
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"If interviews are so ineffective, why are they used so much, and why is little emphasis placed on tests?" Employment interviewing is the most crucial responsibility of any organisation; as it is through employment interviewing those businesses find such highly skilled people. When we look at why one business is more successful than another, factors including profitability, responsive to consumer demands, more efficient and less costly to operate than competition, are factors, which make the business a success. However the success of an organisation suggests that people constitute the business, from secretaries to executives within the business. The employment interview continues to be the most popular method used for selection. However research has found interviews to be poor predictors of future performance in a job, (Makin and Robertson, 1986). This is also known as a "low validity". Companies usually use the method of one to one interviews, however it is not seen...
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