January 2016
Intermediate to advanced
480 pages
130h 6m
English
3 Identify the most useful substantive selection methods.
If an applicant passes the initial screens, next are substantive selection methods. These are the heart of the selection process and include written tests, performance-simulation tests, and interviews. We will discuss these and contingent selection tests, which are usually issued to candidates who pass the substantive tests.
Long popular as selection devices, written employment tests—called “paper-and-pencil” tests, though most are now available online—declined in use between the late 1960s and mid-1980s, especially in the United States. They were frequently characterized as discriminatory, and many organizations had not validated them ...
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