Chapter

 07:  Employee  Testing  and  Selection  

 
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 What is Employee Selection?
q  The  process  of  interviewing  and  
evaluating  candidates  for  a  
speci6ic  job  and  selecting  
an  individual  for  employment  b
ased  on  certain  criteria.    
q  Employee  selection  
can  range  from  a  very  simple  
process  to  a  very  complicated  
process  depending  on  the  6irm  
hiring  and  the  position.  
q  Employment  laws  such  as  anti-­‐
discrimination  laws  must  be  
obeyed  during  employee  
selection.  
 The Importance of Selecting
the Right Employees

Organizational Costs of recruiting Legal obligations

performance and hiring and liability
 ¥  Carefully  scrutinize  information  on  
employment  applications.  
¥  Get  written  authorization  for  reference  
checks,  and  check  references.  
¥  Save  all  records  and  information  about  
the  applicant.  
¥  Reject  applicants  for  false  statements  or  
conviction  records  for  offenses  related  to  
the  job.  
¥  Balance  the  applicant’s  privacy  rights  
with  others’  “need  to  know.”  
¥  Take  immediate  disciplinary  action  if  
problems  arise.  

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 q Reliability  
« Describes  the  consistency  of  scores  obtained  by  the  
same  person  when  retested  with  the  identical  or  
alternate  forms  of  the  same  test.  
« Are  test  results  stable  over  time?  
q Validity  
« Indicates  whether  a  test  is  measuring  what  it  is  
supposed  to  be  measuring.  
« Does  the  test  actually  measure  what  it  is  intended  to  
measure?  

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Steps in Test Validation

1   Analyze  the  Job:  predictors  and  criteria  

2   Choose  the  Tests:  test  battery  or  single  test  

3   Administer  the  Test:  concurrent  or  predictive  validation  

4   Relate  Your  Test  Scores  and  Criteria:  scores  versus  actual  

performance  

5   Cross-­‐Validate  and  Revalidate:  repeat  Steps  3  and  4  with  

a  different  sample  

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 What Different Tests Measure

Cognitive Motor and Personality Current

abilities physical abilities and interests achievement

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FIGURE  6–5 Type of Question Applicant Might Expect on a Test of
Mechanical Comprehension

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 Measuring Work Performance
Directly

Management Video-based Miniature job

Work
assessment situational training and
samples
centers testing evaluation

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