Abstract

Abstract The efficacy of using the employment interview to predict employee effectiveness and retention has been subject to intense scrutiny. Yet research has failed to provide conclusive evidence that the employment interview significantly aids in the matching of employers with applicants. Studies reveal that employment interviewing has significant shortcomings and that modest reforms of the process are of limited value. Thus, a thorough reexamination of the fundamental premises which underlie interviewing research and practice is warranted. The most important premise which merits reconsideration is the belief that interviews should be considered primarily as an instrument of managerial interests. We argue in this paper that the conduct of employment interviews should weigh equally the interests of all parties involved. In so doing, participants can meet the ethical obligation to balance the interests of all parties, while at the same time enhancing the practical utility of the interaction. The present e...

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