RECRUITMENT AND SELECTION

GROUP 3 - Lesson 6: Employee Selection & Lesson 7: Selection Assessment Methods)

(Questions for Employee Selection)

1. In your own opinion, what is the meaning of “Selection”?

2. What do you think is the most important step in Selection process? Explain why.

3. What is the significance of employee selection in an organization?

4. If you become an HR professional someday, how would you choose the right candidate for
the right job position?

(Questions for Selection Assessment Methods)

5. John had recently received an email regarding his interview from ABC Company. He prepared
everything as much as he could, from reviewing possible interview questions and answers,
grooming himself properly, practicing professional manners and gestures, and buying the most
suitable business attire he could find. When he arrived at the interview venue/office, he
became a lot more nervous. There were a group of interviewers in front of him, rather than just
one. What do you think is the type of interview he has to conform to? How do you define this
type of interview?

6. Look at the questions below.

"What did you do when you had a boss you didn't get along with?"

"What would you do if a colleague took credit for your idea, and got a promotion?"

"Was the stress of your previous job too much for you?"

"What would you do if a colleague admitted to lying on their resume to get the job?"

What type of interview do you think these questions represent? Why do you say so?

7. In your own understanding, why does knowing the dos and don’ts in a job application and
resume important?

8. How can a Job Application affect the hiring process?

9. Do you think it is important for the sake of the company to make the applicants take this kind
of test before they let them work or operate? Why do you think so?

10. What do you think will happen if the applicants do not need to undergo this kind of test?
For example, a job that requires you to be physically fit like a firefighter or military personnel?

11. Reference and Background check are both important in assessing an employee before they
officially become part of a company. If a company will only choose one among the two as their
basis for securing information about their potential hires, what do you think should they choose
between the two and why?

12. In your own perspective, why is it important to conduct a background investigation of

potential hires before making the final decision of selection?

13. Why is it important to follow the dos and don'ts in a background check?

14. In your own opinion how does background check help the recruitment and selection?

15. Jena is an employer who had a job hiring last month, 7 out of 10 applicants have already
passed the first three steps and are now subjected to the last step which is the Pre-employment
medical examination. When the result came, it revealed that 2 of them have failed this process
and these are the best candidates for this job. If you were Jena, what would you do to these
two applicants, would you still hire them or not?

16. In what ways can a medical examination result be misused in the recruitment and selection
process?

17. What are the following points that should be kept in mind while making a job offer?

18. Why is ‘job offer’ the crucial part of recruitment and selection?

19. Why do we need to carefully follow the steps of the process after the candidate accepts the
job offer?

20. In your own opinion, what’s the least important step in the process after the candidate
accepts a job offer? Why?