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If you care at all about bias and diversity, you may want to learn more about how to construct interviews that reduce both. No, every set of questions and every
by tensor 4y ago
If you care at all about bias and diversity, you may want to learn more about how to construct interviews that reduce both. No, every set of questions and every interview technique is not equal when it comes to bias. I'd suggest the book "Becoming the Evidence-Based Manager" by Gary Latham.
On the topic of hiring, a "Job Simulation" is one of the most objective measures, which is pretty close to what a practical test is. Questions about things candidates actually did is another important technique (e.g. tell me about a time you ...), and the third category of techniques that work is giving hypothetical situations that they need to explain how they would respond to.
Although informal conversations are common in industry, they are some of the worst techniques. For example, if you start with a "coffee chat" research has shown that most people more or less make up their mind in that first meeting then bias the rest of the interview results to unknowingly justify their decision.
- lapcat 4y agoIt's not clear what any of this has to do with unethicalness, but I'll respond anyway: > If you care at all about bias and diversity, you may want to learn more about how to construct interviews that reduce both. Interviews, whether formal or informal, are a very bad way to evaluate the skills of job candidates. The best predictor of future performance is past performance; research the candidates as much as possible. But in any case, hiring is a crapshoot. Interviews are useful for getting to know each other, seeing if you want to work with each other, and asking clarificatory questions. > On the topic of hiring, a "Job Simulation" is one of the most objective measures, which is pretty close to what a practical test is. Tech sector job interviews assess anxiety, not software skills. https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/07/tech-job-interviews-anxiety/ https://news.ncsu.edu/2020/07/tech-job-interviews-anxiety/