Well, if you're looking for guarantors and sure-fire predictors for performance, vis-a-vis insight, it ain't goin' happen. The HBR is replete with such research.
Make it a good day -Louis- Louis Schmier http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org 203 E. Brookwood Pl http://www.therandomthoughts.com Valdosta, Ga 31602 (C) 229-630-0821 /\ /\ /\ /\ /\ /^\\/ \/ \ /\/\__ / \ / \ / \/ \_ \/ / \/ /\/ / \ /\ \ //\/\/ /\ \__/__/_/\_\/ \_/__\ \ /\"If you want to climb mountains,\ /\ _ / \ don't practice on mole hills" - / \_ On Nov 9, 2013, at 11:54 AM, Helweg-Larsen, Marie wrote: > http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/answer-sheet/wp/2013/10/26/why-job-interviews-dont-work/ > > > Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. > Associate Professor l Department of Psychology > Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College > Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 > http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jim Clark [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 10:38 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: RE:[tips] Random Thought: "Tell Me About" Interview Questions > > Hi > > And here's one for those doing the selection: > > Tell me about the research literature on the validity of interviews as > selection tools, especially for unstructured and holistic interviews. > > Take care > Jim > > > Jim Clark > Professor & Chair of Psychology > 204-786-9757 > 4L41A > > -----Original Message----- > From: Louis Eugene Schmier [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, November 09, 2013 5:31 AM > To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) > Subject: [tips] Random Thought: "Tell Me About" Interview Questions > > Well, here at VSU we're beginning a hunt for a Provost/VPAA. I'm sure > the headhunters and VSU search committee will vet all the applicants. I'm > sure the finalists will have outstanding resumes. But, resumes go only so > far as I discovered when VSU was hunting for a new President way back 2012 > and the finalists for the position had meetings with a group of interested > faculty. What I learned was that if you want to get a good sense of how > people feel and think, if you want to get insights into who they are, ask > them to tell you stories, personal stories. Why? Well, stories put flesh on > the bones of fact. They live in the most intense and sacred places and > moments. They're the primary text upon which everything else is commentary. > They're containers for meaning. They're canvases on which is painted inner > landscapes. They offer insights to the way a person sees the world. They > reveal a person's social, personal, and professional identity. They are > poetic truth of personality that go beyond Joe Friday's bland, "Just the > facts, ma'am." These are some of the "tell me about" stories I would ask of > any applicant for any position to recite: > > * Tell me about which of all the positions you've held was your > favorite. Why? > * Tell me about which of all that you've done in your life you feel is > the most important. Why? > * Tell me about what do you enjoy the most. Why? > * Tell me about what do you enjoy the least. Why? > * Tell me about what do you do for fun, what feeds your soul. Why? > * Tell me about something you've done that was creative. > * Tell me about a problem with a student (colleague, faculty member, > etc) that you needed to solve. How did you solve it? Why did you solve it > that particular way? > * Tell me about a situation where you didn't have anyone telling you > what to do, but you had to go do it. What did you do? Why did you do it > that particular way? > * Tell me about something complicated and complex, something you know a > lot about, in plain and simple language, without jargon, using only clear and > crisp and complete terms, so I understand it. > * Tell me about who you are. Forget and make no reference to all your > personal roles such as father, friend, husband (wife), son (daughter), forget > and make no reference to all your professional roles, your past and present > titles, forget and make no reference to your degrees and all your positions, > forget and make no reference to what you have, forget and make no reference > to all that you have done. Just tell me about who you are. > * Tell me about the one sentence you want others to say about you at > your eulogy. > > There are a bunch of other "tell me about" stories I could ask. And, > coming to think about it, we ought to use these "tell me about" stories, and > more, to interview ourselves. > > Make it a good day > > -Louis- > > > Louis Schmier > http://www.therandomthoughts.edublogs.org > 203 E. 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