Essays on Interviewing

Interview Questions: A Critical Review

Interview Questions: A Critical Review According to Agyei and Christopher (2016), “getting the right people in the right place at the time doing the right job is an essential element of recruitment and selection process in organizations”. Therefore, it is important for managers to design selection strategies and interview questions thoughtfully. This paper contains the review and assessment of the interview questions used by Southwood School District for their recruitment process. It further lists suggestions and corrections that can be opted for the future interview processes. Though the school improved a lot from its previous method of selection by ...

The similarities between persuasive business techniques and counseling interviewing techniques seem to be very few, but they do exist. For starters, one must look at the primary function of counseling. One of the primary tenets is that the client must believe that they are capable, empowered and able to change. Oftentimes, this requires more than encouragement by the counselor to make this happen. In essence, we are selling to their client the belief structures that are socially appropriate for them to possess,and the emotional tools that they need to cope with their life situation. Also, salesmen will also ...

1. What prompted the HR manager to make the statement? The HR managers play the major role to plan, direct and coordinate all the activities inside an organization. They are responsible for the productivity of the company and they have to seek for solutions in such cases. The HR manager made the statement because the managers got to realize that the productivity of the company is suffering. The best idea to improve the productivity can be the job analysis and redesigning the job. This steps allows the managers to evaluate the employee’s performance and dedication toward the company. ...

Assignment 2

In the past decade, there has been an increase in distress, emotional turmoil, and marital issues among couples across the globe. Most couples require family planning, care, and management services to cope with stress and disputes. There has been significant amount of research on interventions to manage disputes and marital distress among couples. However, majority of the couples remain untreated and continue to suffer from marital distress. The motivational health model was perceived to be an exceptional and effective strategy in assessing married couples and their well-being. In this paper, a team of researchers statistically assessed the impact of ...

<Institution> Questioning minors in relation to criminal acts is not an easy task. Interviewers must consider certain things to ensure the effectiveness of the process. In the case of Jacob, it is clear that the detective committed several mistakes, which need to be improved and corrected. One of the major mistakes in the scenario is the detective’s use of leading questions. For instance, the detective asks “Why did you take the garment?” This suggests that the detective already believes that Jacob did commit the crime without hearing his story first. According to Underwager and Wakefield (1995), leading ...

Executive Summary:

At the beginning, it is important to say that Riva is one of the famous multinational brands. It is one of the well-known brands under the umbrella of Armada Group. The company was established in 1997. Currently, Riva is operational in five countries of the Gulf region; Kuwait, United Arab of Emirates, Qatar, Saudi Arabian and Bahrain. Riva has more than thirty outlet stores in the region with an aim to expand to 150 by the end of 2017. The company faces extensive competition globally thus needs continuos development to match the trends in the fashion industry. Riva is ...

INTERVIEWING FUNDAMENTALS

What are some of the things which interviewers do that can cause them to lose valuable information that an interviewee is attempting to relay to them? Sometimes, interviewers make mistakes which actually spoil the purpose of the entire interview session. For instance, instead of focusing on important points about the personality, perspectives, education, and skills of the interviewee, they focus on things which are unrelated to the job or useless to ask. The interviewers also keep their tone unfriendly or assume the interviewee as less capable and this leads to the inefficiency of the interviewing process (Stewart & Cash, 2012). ...

Abstract

The paper begins with a detailed introduction of Hotel Beacon and Lotte New York Palace, highlighting the frame of reference, the grounds for comparison and the thesis statement. The analysis that follows assesses the person-organization fit, the person-job fit, and the steps of recruiting, the applied cut-off, evaluation of abilities and personalities and finally the competency models that the firms use in the hiring process.

Introduction

The analysis presents a famous Hotel in New York, Hotel Beacon, and a successful restaurant, International House of Pancakes in Glendale, California, United States. Comprehensive qualitative interviews on the issues of recruitment and staff ...

Human Resource (HR) recruiters have the ability to select applicants from a multitude of sources. The most common methods are advertisements, company job boards, online job boards, and social media sites. However, to be successful in recruiting the most qualified applicants, the HR recruiter needs to keep up with changing technology and trends. Two new technologies for recruitment are Candidate Relationship Management software and Virtual Interviews.

Candidate Relationship Management (CRM)

Desai (2015) states “70% of recruiting organizations report to currently utilizing some form of Applicant Tracking System (ATS)” but the data “in an ATS becomes outdated extremely quickly – and therefore, its future value ...

24.08.2016

I have read and analyzed two texts related to journalism and interviewing. From both articles we can learn about the life of unusual teenagers – a ballerina and a poker-player. However, although there are two articles with similar purposes and from similar category, we can find a few differences between them. The article by Laurine Gilde looks rather like an interview written down on paper and transferred in the article. It is much smaller than the article by Candyce Cook. Besides, we can see many cases of direct speech, where the main character shares her thoughts, experience, and feelings. ...

Informed consent for interview

I am a student at St. Leo University and for the assignment for the course Psychology, in which I am enrolled in, I am required to interview a professional marriage counselor about his/her work. As such, I am requesting your permission to conduct an interview with you. This interview will contain questions about your position, the responsibilities you have, and the clients you work with and the kinds of interventions you provide in your work setting. I will use this information to help me better understand the nature of the work in your agency, the roles of a professional ...

Introduction

Gambling addiction is a problem characterized by persistent and repeated gambling behavior leading to distress. The paper will be a descriptive essay concerning gambling addiction in the United States and Canada, its effects, and treatment. The things that will be found interesting are the number of people of gambling disorder, the reason for the problem, and its effects. The reason why the topic is important is because of the high number of people gamble without knowing how gambling disorder is developed and the effects of gambling. Two sources will be used in writing the essay: a journal article by ...

Executive Summary

Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA) is a large bank serving many clients. To improve their ability to win more customers, it needs to train its supervisors in the sales and marketing division. Training motivates employees to become more committed to the company. Training also minimises instances of high turnover. Furthermore, training increases employees’ performance, which ultimately contributes to the organizational performance. Before taking employees for the training program, CBA ought to conduct a needs analysis. This will assist in the development of the content of the training program. In this case, the content of the training program for supervisors ...

Reconstructing a crime scene incorporates three specific environments: crime scene, Investigation, and court (Lee & Howard, 2011). There are inherent limitations in a reconstruction and imitations are tied to each of these three environments. It is important for a reconstructionist to not go beyond what he knows, but at the same time be cognizant of the fact that the very thing that can neither be defined nor acknowledged may be more powerful than what can be defined (Lee & Howard, 2011).It is also paramount that an appropriate methodology is employed that suitably corroborates the process (Lee & Howard, 2011). The process ...

Interview contamination is an occurrence that happens when investigators negatively impact the process of interviewing. The resultant outcome is that the interviewee ends up providing inaccurate information. Contamination may from time to time interfere with the subject’s ability to assist in the investigation at hand effectively. Memory contamination often impedes the process of truth investigation and might end up compromising the case being investigated. From the innumerable studies conducted by memory experts such as Elizabeth Loftus, astounding results have been arrived at regarding the capacity of false memory implantation in a person’s mind. Age, occupation, gender and ...

Discussion Board Question on Writing Two

First, read chapters 31 and 32 of A Pocket Style Manual. Then, revise each of the five sentences below so they follow all of the instructions of integrating and citing quotations mentioned in those chapters. These are copied and pasted from actual student essays written in this course. You should re-type each sentence directly into your post or into a separate document you attach to your post as a PDF. This time, I will be grading your correctness to make sure you understand what the PSM says about citation. 1. On page 59 in the story, you see Vollmer ...

Analysis of Article

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Analysis of Article In an article researchers worked on a counselling method, i.e. Motivational Interviewing by school nurses, in the prevention of childhood obesity (Bonde, Bentsen, & Hindhede, 2014).

Who is the study sample?

In the study (Bonde et al., 2014), researchers took interviews of 12 school nurses, so the study sample is nurse representing a population of nurses assigned for motivational interviewing of students to prevent childhood obesity.

Is the study sample generalizable?

The study sample could not generalized as the nurses of the study had long working experiences. Whereas, sometimes less experienced nurses may also work in schools, who would show different perceptions about motivational ...

Interrogation

Interrogation In regard to interrogation, law enforcement officials have some questionable methods that are used when interviewing a suspect for a crime that has occurred. The class room text mentions many methods that police utilize when dealing with a potential suspect during their investigation for crimes committed. The scenario presented regarding the possible rape and murder suspect exhibits several aspects of what a typical interrogation may look like. Although the methodology behind the law enforcement’s legal rights to lie during the interrogation process may seem unethical and questionable, it is allowed in each and every case that is ...

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Introduction

U.S. schools are known for low performance on international tests which measure 15-year-old students’ literacy in science, math, and reading. According to the 2007 report, the United States ranked 29th in science among 57 countries participating in the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (Gonzalez and Kuenzi, 2012, p. 9; McFarlane, 2013, p. 39). The problems with school attainment were linked with students’ reduced interest in science and instructional approaches to science teaching (McFarlane, 2013, p. 39). In this regard the gaps highlighted administrators’ ineffective practices and teachers’ quality problem, which was ...

Social change refers to the perception of the social progress or evolution of the social cultural ideologies and the knowledge that the society is advancing in ideas physiologically using growth. As a forensic interviewer, it’s vital to note that individual adult learner has a unique need for education and therefore, there is a need to balance professional and personal commitments. I would provide information on the essential characteristics of the forensic evaluations, and this will include data that addresses the content and the quality of the report submitted to the legal decision makers. The questions should be inclusive ...

Application Assignment

Application Assignment

Cognitive interviewing is a practice that is widespread across many survey and investigative organizations. Cognitive interviewing is a qualitative method that examines the question-response process taking into account the consideration used by respondents as they formulate answers. The structure of the interviews consists of respondents first answering a question and then providing information, usually textual, to reveal how they went about answering the question. The interviews follow an order that intends to capture relevant information by activating the mental records of the respondents. An important step that should be undertaken by forensic interviewers in the preparation of ...

Nike is a large - scale company which is famous all over the world. In 2015, the company raised approximately $ 30 billion, and every year this sum grows. The Nike factories are located 55 countries, employs more than 30 thousand people. It is an American brand that produces sport products, clothes and shoes well-known all over the world. The company is named after the Greek goddess of victory Nike. It produces products of such brands as Nike, Air Jordan, Nike Golf, Total 90, Team Starter, and others. The founders of the company are two students of the University of ...

Response to Mariana Mireles

According to Kassin, Sara, Jennifer and Perillo, the terms ‘interrogation’ and ‘interviewing’ are usually used recklessly as though they were interchangeable and synonymous (39). As Mariana points out, interviews and interrogations differ in terms of their goals. While an interview is a formal conversation that aims at eliciting information from another person whereas interrogation involves a systematic questioning of a person suspected of having committed a crime. Interrogation aims at obtaining confessions of the person being interrogated. However, further to this, an interview involves an objective and neutral attitude on the part of the interviewer who cannot accuse the ...

Child investigation is a very tricky activity owing to age sensitivity of the child which, if wrongly done, it could have adverse ramifications on the child. However, this action is necessary as it provides a substantial basis for evidence collection during the investigation (Hammer, Moynihan, and Pagliaro, 2013). The fact that child testimony and evidence carries significant weight in terms of evidence also opens it up to instances which are sensitive to the child that may result in collection of the wrong evidence provided as a result of various causes such as pleasing the interviewer, forgetfulness, or failure to ...

Criminal Law

Methodological Approach The proposed research is intended to determine the effective approach by police officers regardless of gender in addressing complaints of rape victimization. It is apparent that rape victims are hesitant in reporting the incident due to fear of being misunderstood by the authorities. Hence, the rape victims particularly women are more comfortable reporting their experience to the police officer of the same gender. However, it should not be the case because law enforcers regardless of gender should be able to handle rape complaints effectively through proper communication protocol in order to create a pro-active response for immediate ...

Introduction

As a new member to the team, it is important that you understand what your role is as part of the security staff. First and foremost, you are expected to prevent losses of equipment, information, and other relevant assets, which are caused by human error, emergencies, disasters, and most notably, criminal actions (Hess, 2009). In addition, you are expected to prevent the unauthorized access to the facility, as well as, areas within the facility that management has determined required extra security. Lastly, you are expected to maintain a safe workplace environment by enforcing security policies and procedures that have ...

Analyzing Child Forensic Interview

The interview carried out had some effective techniques and ineffective ones. For instance, the interviewer was effective when he asked the child to draw pictures of the suspect while doing things together. The child felt comfortable for a moment and got engaged in the conversation. Next, it was also effective asking the child to draw a picture of the babysitter. These two techniques were operative and encouraged the child to participate in the interview. Nevertheless, the detective made numerous mistakes while interviewing the child. First, he did not get to know the child first by asking some few questions ...

Research Method and Design

Given the seriousness of rape and sexual assault as crimes and the subsequent psychological trauma that perpetrators of these crimes visit on their victims, it is important for investigators and prosecutors in such cases to come up with an effective instrument for data collection. For, it is through this data collection tool that enough and cogent evidence may be gathered to help in the proper prosecution of such cases to ensure justice to victims. A research instrument chosen should be one that takes into account the emotional state of the victims of rape and seeks to elicit only that ...

One of the ironies of criminology is the unreliable nature of eyewitness testimony. So many convictions obtained on the basis of eyewitness testimony have been later overturned, whether on the basis of DNA evidence or other indices demonstrating that the accused simply could not have committed the crime, and yet the eyewitnesses believe that they are telling the truth. Forensic interviewing becomes a crucial element of the investigation process, as the questioners have to decide whether or not the information they have elicited is as accurate as possible. The cognitive interview takes the point of view of the eyewitness ...

The issue of police interrogations has been pertinent for more than forty years. In 1966, the famous Miranda ruling noted that interrogations were usually done in privacy, an aspect that resulted to secrecy; hence, courts could not be aware of the events that take place in an interrogation room when dishing out justice. Despite an increased amount of research since the Miranda ruling, challenges persist in the administration of justice due to lack of empirical data. Research has been on an exponential trajectory, with five issues coming out strongly: distinguishing truthful and deceptive statements, Miranda rights to inform custodial ...

<<Author>> <<Professor>> <<Course Title>> <<Date>> Introduction. Human Resource is a key function in the area of Healthcare. In the United States more than 14 million people are employed in the healthcare industry (Flynn et al., 2016). Understanding the nature and peculiarities of HR in the healthcare context is important. There are many challenges related to the way the industry functions and the nature of service that is expected to be provided by the employees. Highly educated and motivated employees are key to maintaining the operational efficiency and ...

Overview of Legal Research

Interviewing System The three steps for interviewing a client are to obtain an overview of the client’s story, shore up any holes in the client’s story, and further probe the client for more information to develop a case theory. The first step in conducting a quality interview of a client would be to obtain an overview of the facts from the client. This overview should be obtained in chronological order. The client should be asked to start from the beginning of the situation and proceed to the present date. Also, it is important to ask the client ...

Abstract

Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the bruising of the brain due to an impact received on the head. The brain injury can be termed as primary if its caused directly by the impact blow or secondary if its caused by reaction processes such as swelling due to inflammation. Common types TBI include hematomas, contusions, diffuse axonal injury (DAI), concussion, and coup/contrecoup lesions. The type of injuries are characterized by symptoms such as dizziness, headaches, amnesia, loss of consciousness, going into a vegetative state or a coma or death in extreme cases. There is no clearly defined body of knowledge ...

Executive Summary

The recruitment and retention process are the critical activity that ensures the organization has the right personnel with the qualities and skills that the organization demands to achieve its objective. This is clearly explained in the introduction part of this paper. The process needs a strategic plan to ensure its success hence the paper is giving the steps and activities to be useful in making the best recruitment for the post of human resource coordinator. There is job analysis that incorporates the full description of the position, and personal specifications we admire to see in our candidate. There is ...

Literature Review

Huang et al. uses an interview process in order to find out the specific language skills are the most problematic for ESL students (Huang, Cunningham, & Finn, 2010). By interviewing three different classroom teachers, it is suggested that ESL students have challenges in English speaking, reading, academic listening, and writing skills. “Specifically, understanding classroom tasks, giving oral presentations in content classes, and being able to communicate a problem” (68) are considered the most challenging aspects for ESL students. This study suggests that teachers can help ESL students improve their academic English skills in the school setting. In order to properly ...

Interview

Part 1-Reflection 1. Interviewee Name, Position Title, Name of Company/Organization 3 points

Roshni Vora, Marketing Officer, Crown Paints

2. Describe whether you believe your values, interests, personal qualities and skills would be consistent with the career you chose to explore in your information interview. Use examples from your interview to support your answer. My values, interests, personal qualities and skills (VIPS) seem to be consistent with the requirements for this career. After discussing my values, interests, personal qualities, and skills, the interviewee was of the opinion that I was proceeding well and that I was heading the right direction in my preferred career. I have ...

Literature Review

Huang et al. (2010) uses an interview process in order to find out the specific language skills are the most problematic for ESL students. By interviewing three different classroom teachers, it is suggested that ESL students have challenges in English speaking, reading, academic listening, and writing skills. “Specifically, understanding classroom tasks, giving oral presentations in content classes, and being able to communicate a problem” (68) are considered the most challenging aspects for ESL students. This study suggests that teachers can help ESL students improve their academic English skills in the school setting. In order to properly assist ESL students, ...

The Selection and recruitment processes can be used interchangeably in many organizations, but the two terms differ slightly in meaning. According to Legge, K. (1995), a selection is the process of choosing the best employees to fill a vacancy in an organization from a pool of job applicants. On the other hand, recruitment is the process of identifying and enlisting the best-qualified people who express interest in the vacancy using internal and external sources in timely and cost effective manner. Selection and recruitment system, therefore, means the process followed by groups to fill the job vacancies. In government organizations, ...

Institutions:

Study Overview Dissertation title: Managing Safety from the Top: The Influence of Senior Managers’ Characteristics Purpose: Thesis presented for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy at the University of Aberdeen The description of senior managers by literature manager is that they are crucially influencing the safety of organization. Yet it has not been completely understood, their influence is contributed by. Thus, the thought was to investigating characteristics of senior managers with respect to their impact toward safety in management organizations in the air traffic. A safety literature review indicated that research in the area would gain from introduction of ...

POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS

Excessive computer use is increasingly becoming a worldwide social problem. The excessive use, otherwise known as Internet Addiction Disorder (IAD) has resulted in a situation where individuals lack adequate socialization skills. Surveys in developed countries such as the US and Europe indicate an alarming prevalence rate among children. There have been numerous proposed solutions aimed at addressing the issue. The aim of this section is to offer a brief overview of these methods and offer reasons for their ineffectiveness. The main reason for the overall ineffectiveness is that children consider the computer and internet as cool technologies. Thus, one ...

For decades, correction personnel’s have been using the motivational interviewing (MI) to encourage and motivate people to stick to their goals to bring change within themselves. Miller (1991) was the first person to develop this strategy, which used different techniques such as avoiding arguments, improving ambivalence to fortify commitment, expression of empathy to motivate substance abusers to change themselves. A number of research papers have indicated that the efficacy of motivational interviewing (MI) is commendable, however, the evidence related to the effectiveness with the offenders needs to be further studied and collated. The main idea of the authors ...

Washington State University

The need for gambling disorder treatment increases due to the growth of the gaming operations in the United States of America and globally, there is a rise in recognition of clinical investigators together with the creation of awareness among the public to be able to assess gambling symptoms and its harmful consequences on the lives and overall function of gamblers. In this effort to recognize and ameliorate the symptoms of gambling, instruments were created to identify the severity of the gambling symptoms and also any changes that are reflected due to changes from treatment. In empirical research, a variety ...

A key factor that healthcare providers have to take into consideration while taking care of the patients is the development of a culturally competent character. It is imperative that care providers to not only have a good understanding about the physiological needs of the patient but also having a better understanding of the ethnic background and the spiritual needs of the patient. These strategies are aimed at ensuring that the concept of holistic care is achieved on the patient being provided with care. Many physicians however lack the wisdom and the expertise required to address patients with these problems. ...

Part 2

For the purpose of hiring a construction project manager, we have to explore a number of screening methods and discuss the pros and cons of each. The popular methods of screening include screening resumes, cover letters, and reference letters; conducting interviews on the phone or simply screening interviews, screening tests, questionnaires, reviewing the bio data and much more. We will look into a few methods now.

Resume Screening

Once the resumes for the vacancy of Construction Project Manager are received, the first step is to review each and every resume carefully. Experts in HR look for keywords, formatting and quick information ...

Communication

Youth sports can be a very important and joyous time in a child’s life. It is when they start to bond with other children, learn teamwork, how to listen, and develop better hand-to-eye coordination. Channeling their extra energy can also result in lower cortisol levels and better rest at night. Despite these positive aspects to youth sports, there are always athletes and parents alike who disregard them, only to focus on the competition. Athletes push themselves too hard, and parents sometimes get too competitive on behalf of their children. In contrast, there are those who do not take ...