Question

Recruitment is a process of creating a talent pool of candidates to enable the selection of the best candidates for the organization. Critically analyze why carefully selection is important. Based on this preamble critically discuss three types of the interview and its importance to the contemporary organization.

Answer 1

The interviews are important because they help the experts know who is efficient and who is not.

Not just this, but also you get to know the other different traits of the applicants, thus helping in judging better who will be able to be good in the particular field.

1. Phone Interviews : Employers want to do things cheaply these days, so many conduct their first screening rounds with Ma Bell's help.
   
   Positive :You can prepare notes and keep them in front of you while you talk. Also, the absence of ties and pantyhose during the process is a big plus!
   
   Negative : It's often hard on people who count on talking to a live person to get energized.
   
   Strategy: There is hope for people who take a while to warm up or who like to read an interviewer's face as they talk. About 10 minutes before the interview, go to a quiet place, close your eyes, and visualize a time when you were successful at something. It could be last week at a sales presentation or even when you won a fourth-grade spelling bee. Hold that memory for several minutes and absorb all the positive energy from it. Remember where you were, who was there, what people said to you about it and feelings, colors, smells and sounds you recall. When the phone finally rings, your voice will have the zip it needs to seem alive over the wires.
2. Case Interviews : The case interview is a widely used screening torture for consulting, finance and executive positions.
   
   Problem: Case interviews test your ability to problem solve and think around corners without having real data in front of you. Questions like, "Why are manholes round?" or "How many square yards of pizza are eaten in Canada each year?" are just warm-ups. Sometimes business problems are presented, such as the following: "Toyota is considering the release of a new model. What issues does the company need to think about?"
   
   Strategy: It's almost impossible to become a logical thinker who possesses business savvy overnight if you're not one already. But you could subscribe to The Globe and Mail, take a logic course, read some books, or contact the Bain & Company consulting firm for a copy of its monograph "How to Ace the Case Interview."
3. Behavioural Interviews : In an age of inflated egos and "creative" resume production, behavioural interviews involve lots of no-nonsense "show me" questions.
   
   Problem: Employers want to have evidence to back up possibly exaggerated claims.
   
   Strategy: Don't even think about saying, "I have excellent organizational skills," without having two or three examples of when you used those skills. For every positive statement you plan to make about yourself, prepare a STAR analysis:
   
   ** S = name a SITUATION facing you or
   ** T = a TASK you had to complete
   ** A = describe what ACTION you took
   ** R = tell the RESULTS of your actions