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How far do you agree that too much reliance is placed on interviews in selecting new employees?  

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How far do you agree that too much reliance is placed on interviews in selecting new employees? The importance that has been placed on the interview in the selection process is nothing new. Time and time again, the interview has played a fundamental role in the selection of new employees and is used by both human resources specialists and managers acting in a recruitment/selection capacity to assess the marginal benefit of a potential recruit to an organization. In fact, if the literature on recruitment and selection is to be believed, then most employers consequently value interviews as one, if not the most important basis on which to select potential employees and the interview is used as the sole method of selection or in conjunction with some other types of selection methods. Despite its universality and ability to appeal to recruiters, many scholars and practitioners have denounced this almost omnipotent belief in...

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