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23 pages in length. Traditional interviews do little more than skim the surface of a job seeker's potential as a highly productive and loyal employee. The extent to which such limited exposure to an applicant's true capacity as both an individual and a member of the company's workforce is compromised by such a cursory approach is indeed grand and far-reaching; that a much more in-depth examination of the applicant's understanding of, motivation toward and qualifications for the job is now necessary in today's volatile business climate speaks to the inadequacy of knowing so little about the individual. Bibliography lists 15 sources.TLCInterview.rtf
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highly productive and loyal employee. The extent to which such limited exposure to an applicants true capacity as both an individual and a member of the companys workforce is
compromised by such a cursory approach is indeed grand and far-reaching; that a much more in-depth examination of the applicants understanding of, motivation toward and qualifications for the job is
now necessary in todays volatile business climate speaks to the inadequacy of knowing so little about the individual. If an applicant meets the educational requirements, has the desired experience,
appears to have the desired personal characteristics and responds appropriately (or as expected) to the questions, then the person is judged qualified for the job. The problem is that
if you screened your applicants properly, you should only be interviewing people who are on the surface "qualified" to do the job, thus the interview process needs to dig deeper
and determine if the person will do the job well (Podmoroff, 2004, p. 65). Traditional interviewing has historically relied upon the vastness
of open-ended questioning rather than pinpointing specifics with close-ended inquiry. While the amount of information obtained from open-ended questions is extensive, this does not automatically equate it with being
valuable from the aspect of accurate response. Utilizing open-ended questions provides for the applicant to freely flow with thoughts and opinions, however, this very element can detract from both
the validity and accuracy where answers are concerned, inasmuch as they can be convoluted, misunderstood, ambiguous or off topic. Close-ended questions, by comparison, serve to rein in these undesirable
factors by providing applicants with a more restrictive approach to answering. While this method certainly curtails lengthy and often drawn-out responses, it also serves to inhibit the extent to
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