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Talk: Job Interview
I can't believe someone took the trouble of writing this pile of... obviousness. F15x28 00:30, 11 September 2006 (UTC)

Well, studying a course on communication, I have found it quite useful. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.129.17.207 (talk • contribs) 2006-10-23T17:06:19

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"There is extant data which puts in question the value of Job Interviews as a tool for selecting employees. Where the aim of a job interview is ostensibily to choose a candidate who will perform well in the job role, other methods of selection provide greater predictive power and often lower costs." -- what are these 'other methods'? Perhaps there should be a link to them, as well as to the 'extant data'. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.64.88.137 (talk • contribs) 2006-12-01T01:20:55

"A candidate should follow up the interview with a thank you letter expressing their appreciation for the opportunity of meeting with the company representative."

Should? According to whom? Is this an encyclopedia or a self help book? It could be equally argued that the company should write a thank you letter to express appreciation for meeting such a wonderful candidate. And by the way, WTF still writes letters these days? Klafubra 19:02, 9 May 2007 (UTC)

--> Any one interested in the background to some of the psych games that are now a common part of interviews now-a-days (and a good book to list in Wikipedia) should read, "The Cult of Personality" by Annie Murphy Paul (Yale Grad, and Editor at Psychology Today). Given that people are changeable, from one minute to the next, how does a job interview really identify a good employee when the person may be having a bad day, or yet, weed out the liars and psychopaths that can fool others? Come on. Is it now a crime to just want a decent job or pay check? Is everything so tied to marketing, you have to turn into a marketer and sell your soul to get a real job? Well, at least Naomi Klein's books, "No Logo: No Space, No Choice, No Jobs" and "The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism" are at least mentioned in Wikipedia. The Rock Star mentality of today is not how the US was made. Misfits and craftsmen and the persecuted came here to build a life. Now suddenly, only the upscale global elites are wanted.

--> "There is extended data[citation needed] which puts in question the value of job interviews as a tool for selecting employees. Where the aim of a job interview is ostensibly to choose a candidate who will perform well in the job role, other methods of selection provide greater predictive power and often lower costs. Furthermore, given the unstructured approach of most interviews they often have almost no useful predictive power of employee success."

Aside from the fact that there is no citation here, this paragraph is mere opinion. I'd agree that interviews are not the "be all and end all" in deciding who's the right person for the job and who will best serve the employer, but those decisions are - by and large - subjective. Kutnpaste (talk) 18:02, 26 February 2009 (UTC)

This article reads too much like a how-to than an actual article. It's obvious on a few paragraphs. David Delony (talk) 01:41, 13 October 2009 (UTC)

--> Can we ask question to the interviewer during an interview just to justify an answer?

Process
Most of the process section reads like a guide on how to perform well in an interview, which is a Wikipedia no-no. Barring any arguments to the contrary, I'm going to reformat that section to take out any how-to language. --SquidSK (1MC•log) 15:01, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
 * Ok, I've cleaned up most, if not all, of the how-to material. I'm watching this page, so if anyone disagrees with my edits, discuss it here.  --SquidSK (1MC•log) 15:33, 17 November 2009 (UTC)


 * I'd like to add something about asynchronous webcam video interviews to this section as it is becoming more and more popular. The only problem is that it is basically between the preinterview and interview stage. I'm not too familiar with Wikipedia etiquette, so before I start editing away: What's the best way to put it in there? (if you don't know what I'm talking about, check out videoview.com for an example) 19:00, 30 August 2011 (GMT+1) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.46.143.2 (talk)

Illegal questions
This seems only to talk about US law. --213.105.25.229 (talk) 18:01, 25 January 2012 (UTC)