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Recruitment and selection of employees

Interviews have several key advantages and disadvantages as a way of selecting
candidates.

Advantages Disadvantages

 places candidate at ease  too brief to get to know
candidates
 highly interactive
 interview is an artificial
 opportunities to use non- situation
verbal communication
halo effect from initial impression
opportunities to assess
appearance, interpersonal and qualitative factors such as
communication skills motivation, honesty or integrity are
difficult to assess

opportunities to evaluate rapport
between the candidate and the  subjectivity and bias

potential colleague/bosses

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