Inviting Meaningful Applicant Performances in Employment Interviews
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-1999
Description
Current approaches to employment interviewing have yet to achieve their full potential in matching people with jobs and promoting positive, long-term employer/employee relations. Although untrained and trained interviewers have sought to discover the true personalities, motives, and values of applicants, some interviewing methods used in pursuit of this goal may invite applicant performances of limited relevance and uncertain meaning. Interviewers can dramatically improve the value of the interview by helping interviewees give their best performances of job-relevant interpersonal and technical skills, practicing conscious transparency, and making the interview a mutually controlled dialogue more typical of those on the job.
Citation Information
Kirkwood, William G.; and Ralston, Steven M.. 1999. Inviting Meaningful Applicant Performances in Employment Interviews. Journal of Business Communication. Vol.36(1). 55-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/002194369903600103 ISSN: 0021-9436