HR Assignment

Despite serious concerns over its validity and reliability, the interview remains the most commonly used selection method in Irish organizations (Armstrong, 2010 & 2012, CIPD 2019). Discuss this statement and in doing so you should:

A: Analyse different types of interviews identifying what you believe to be potential flaws and weakness and

B:  Examine these concerns and make recommendations to address them.

Sample format:

Introduction should discuss

• Recruitment of staff as a major activity of all organizations
• Having completed the job specification and person spec then ready to move to the next stage
• Selecting staff comprises two main stages: shortlisting and assessment.
• Throughout both stages, employers should ensure that their selection methods treat candidates fairly, without discrimination or bias,
• That selections should be made based on the candidate’s ability to perform the role, contribute to the organization and their potential for development.
• Should then indicate an intention to discuss the interviews and potential for introducing flaws into the process

Discussion stage you should discuss at least three of the interview types:

Structured interview:
Unstructured interview:
Stress interview:
Behavioral interview:
Problem or case solving interview:
Panel interview:
Group interview:

Don’t  forget to look at the role of bias in the interview process e.g. Halo and Horn effect is a type of cognitive bias where a person’s impression of another can substantially influence thoughts and feelings about that person (it can be conscious or unconscious) in either a favorable or unfavorable way

Conclusion and recommendations

This section is where you draw all the main points of your work together

• reflect on what you have found without repeating verbatim your research
• are there any suggestions you can make that may contribute to the body of knowledge on the topic