Selection interviewing — where practice doesn't make perfect

Abstract

A great deal of time is devoted to selection interviewing. Further, there is no likelihood of its abandonment. Indeed, its extensive use might be taken to indicate that sound evidence exists to support the predictive utility of such interviews. But nothing could be further from the truth. While the evidence varies in quantity, it appears that the popularity of the interview must be attributed to faith rather than scientific evidence. Where research has been carried out — the validity of the selection interview was empirically questioned as early as 1915 — the interview has been generally found to have little reliability and poor validity.

Citation

Jones, L. (1982), "Selection interviewing — where practice doesn't make perfect", Education + Training, Vol. 24 No. 8, pp. 251-256. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb016939