Question
Explain the importance of interviews in selection process.

Answer

An interview is a flexible tool as it can be used for many different types of jobs and with many different kinds of personalities. It can emphasise the applicant's formal qualifications or study in depth traits of his personality. The interviewing process is both expensive and time consuming, but most of the organisations should be able to derive the following benefits:
  1. A skilled interviewer can draw out the relevant information since it provides a valid sample of the applicant's behaviour.
  2. The interviewer can uncover clues to the applicant's motivation and his attitude towards himself and to the kind of situation he finds troublesome.
  3. By getting the applicant to talk about himself, the interviewer can assess the candidate's level of aspiration.

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