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are competency based interviews really a well established method of finding the best people?

by shamney 12y ago

ArekDymalski 12y ago
By "established" I meant: defined and researched (the 50% accuracy I mentioned above comes from the literature). But they aren't "established" as popular/widely used. Partly because they require well defined competencies, but also because they aren't easy to conduct in comparison to typical interview (which has the accuracy around 20% AFAIR).
- shamney 12y ago
  could you link to some of this literature? competency based interviews are standard for junior positions with large companies in the UK. however, this approach often turns interviews into a bullshitting competition.
  - sfilipov 12y ago
    > this approach often turns interviews into a bullshitting competition. That is also my experience. As a result I generally avoid applying to big companies where I expect a lot of non-technical interviews. If that's how everyone is hired, I don't want to end up in a MENSA club instead of a place where people have strong technical abilities.
  - ArekDymalski 12y ago
    Here comes the full text of an old research comparing traditional interviewing with other methods: https://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/psicologia/pei/diferencias/Hunter1984JobPerformance.pdf https://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/psicologia/pei/diferencias/H... (tl;dr traditional interviwing has validity .14) Here's the more recent, often cited meta-analysis: http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%20Validity%20and%20Utility%20Psychological%20Bulletin.pdf http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%... (tl;dr structured interview has validity of .51) Naturally it has an extensive bibliography if you'd like to dive deeper in the topic. And even more references can be found here: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~mamcdani/Publications/McDaniel%20et%20al%201994%20JAP%20Validity%20of%20interviews.pdf http://www.people.vcu.edu/~mamcdani/Publications/McDaniel%20...

are competency based interviews really a well established method of finding the best people?

by shamney 12y ago

are competency based interviews really a well established method of finding the best people?

By "established" I meant: defined and researched (the 50% accuracy I mentioned above comes from the literature). But they aren't "established" as popular/widely used. Partly because they require well defined competencies, but also because they aren't easy to conduct in comparison to typical interview (which has the accuracy around 20% AFAIR).

shamney 12y ago
could you link to some of this literature? competency based interviews are standard for junior positions with large companies in the UK. however, this approach often turns interviews into a bullshitting competition.
- sfilipov 12y ago
  > this approach often turns interviews into a bullshitting competition. That is also my experience. As a result I generally avoid applying to big companies where I expect a lot of non-technical interviews. If that's how everyone is hired, I don't want to end up in a MENSA club instead of a place where people have strong technical abilities.
- ArekDymalski 12y ago
  Here comes the full text of an old research comparing traditional interviewing with other methods: https://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/psicologia/pei/diferencias/Hunter1984JobPerformance.pdf https://www.uam.es/personal_pdi/psicologia/pei/diferencias/H... (tl;dr traditional interviwing has validity .14) Here's the more recent, often cited meta-analysis: http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%20Validity%20and%20Utility%20Psychological%20Bulletin.pdf http://mavweb.mnsu.edu/howard/Schmidt%20and%20Hunter%201998%... (tl;dr structured interview has validity of .51) Naturally it has an extensive bibliography if you'd like to dive deeper in the topic. And even more references can be found here: http://www.people.vcu.edu/~mamcdani/Publications/McDaniel%20et%20al%201994%20JAP%20Validity%20of%20interviews.pdf http://www.people.vcu.edu/~mamcdani/Publications/McDaniel%20...