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Topic: Structured interviewing

	Multi Stakeholder Processes - Semi-structured interviewing
		Semi-structured interviews are guided conversations where broad questions are asked, which do not constrain the conversation, and new questions are allowed to arise as a result of the discussion.
		The process of a semi-structured interview involves the interviewer presenting the context of the study and its objectives to the interviewee or interview group (such as a family or household).
		Group interviews require more attention to details, such as using simple language and avoiding technical jargon or expressions to be certain that the least informed person in the group understands the questions.
	portals.wi.wur.nl /msp/?Semi-structured_interviewing (422 words)

	The Federal Selection Interview: Unrealized Potential (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Structured interviews are interviews that use multiple mechanisms, such as questions based on job analysis, detailed rating scales, and trained interviewers to make the interview more job-related and systematic.
		The average validity of the structured interview is 0.51, vs. 0.38 for the unstructured interview (and undoubtedly lower for carelessly conducted unstructured interviews).
		Structured interviews have several other advantages that contribute to their effectiveness, advantages that are not merely theoretical.
	www.mspb.gov /studies/interview.htm (11545 words)

	Will Price: Structured Interviewing
		Mark Tsimelzon, founder and President of Coral8, replied that Coral8 is a strong advocate of structured interviewing and has had tremendous success hiring the best and brightest by a well-defined, consistently applied hiring methodology.
		Now, the candidate passed your interview, and you invited him to come again to "meet the team." Sounds innocent, but this is one of the more challenging parts of the process.
		The interviewing process is a good example of a process that will produce some results either way: after all, no startups die because they cannot hire any people at all.
	willprice.blogspot.com /2006/06/structured-interviewing.html (1990 words)

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		Structured interviews (and other forms of structured data collection, such as the self-administered questionnaire) are often used in conjunction with a design that employs statistical sampling.
		An interview that uses a DCI to gather data, either by telephone or face to face, is a structured interview, one in which evaluators ask the same questions of numerous individuals or individuals representing numerous organizations in a precise manner, offering each interviewee the same set of possible responses.
		We used face-to-face interviews in the first two cases because the respondent groups were not ones that tend to respond in large numbers to mail questionnaires, the subject matter was complex in relationship to their reading levels, and the interviews were too long to be done by telephone.
	www.gao.gov /special.pubs/10_1_5.htm (17934 words)

	From Both Sides Now: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Managers believe that interviews are valid predictors of job performance and McDaniel et al.'s (1994) meta-analytic research with 100+ studies and many thousands of subjects seems to suggest they are often right, with corrected validities of.33 for unstructured and.44 for structured interviews.
		The research on interviews has had an important impact on everyday selection practices in organizations, which can be seen in the content of interviewer training programs, the how-to literature, and the increasing use of structured interviewing methods.
		Interviews are probably one of the last places left for managers to exercise their creative juices, particularly with respect to that favorite humdinger of a question reflecting the V.P.'s big presentation, the water cooler and the faulty pentium chip.
	www.siop.org /tip/backissues/tipjul96/CHURCH.HTM (3785 words)

	Human Resource tools and strategies
		Structured interviews and protocols help organizations focus the interview process on the skills, knowledge and abilities needed to perform the position functions at a superior level.
		This profoundly powerful approach to interviewing is based on the accurate premise that the best predictor of future performance on a job is past performance on a job.
		In addition, structured interviews assure that all your candidates are asked the same questions, positioning your selection system to meet federal and local employment laws.
	www.rembrandtadvantage.com /pass.shtml (824 words)

	Writer's Encyclopedia--Letter T (Site not responding. Last check: )
		This tool is useful to the writer during interviews, since it accurately and completely records the subject's responses, enabling the interviewer to concentrate on his subject, his surroundings and new questions he may want to ask.
		Interview tapes containing material on controversial subjects should be retained in case of a lawsuit arising from the article.
		The plot of a teleplay is structured much like that of a novel or short story, except that it necessarily emphasizes action rather than reflection on the part of characters, and it usually ends at the climax.
	www.writersmarket.com /encyc/t.asp (10312 words)

	Interviewing Tips
		Once in a while an interviewer who is genuinely interested in you may seem to discourage you as a way of testing your reaction.
		The interviewer is not just looking for a competent engineer, accountant or salesperson; he or she is looking for someone who can contribute quickly to the current projects.
		When interviewing, companies invariably give everyone a broad picture of the job, but the person they hire will be a problem solver, someone who can contribute to the specific projects in the first six months.
	www.dunhillhouston.com /interviewing_tips.htm (2308 words)

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		Because behavioral interviewing eliminates such ineffective practices, it is quickly becoming the interviewing method of choice for public and private companies of all sizes.
		Structured behavioral interviewing is a standardized method of eliciting information from a job candidate about his or her relevant past behavior and performance.
		Structured behavioral interviews are based on the premise that past behavior is the best indicator of future behavior.
	www.wetfeet.com /employer/articles/behavioral_interviewing.asp (765 words)

	Designing structured interviews for educational research. -
		This article looks at some of the basic building blocks of a structured interview, points out potential pitfalls, and suggests ways for the researcher to avoid them, in order to produce a set of questions that have the best possibility of generating reliable, accurate data on the topics of interest.
		Structured interview--One that uses a DCI to gather data, either by telephone or face to face.
		In a structured interview, the evaluator asks the same questions of numerous individuals in a precise manner, offering each individual the same set of possible responses.
	pareonline.net /getvn.asp?v=5&n=12 (1422 words)

	paper.htm (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The goal in the early stages of interviewing is to direct the client's attention toward the task of describing the structure of the work domain (e.g., objects and their relationships).
		That is, of course, why is it important to conduct the interviews in the normal work context when possible, with a client being able to refer to work objects and artifacts during the interview.
		A final interview was then conducted with each member of the team and further revisions were made to the model until we collectively arrived at a composite work model with which everyone was satisfied.
	www.byu.edu /~woodl/paper.htm (5710 words)

	Structured Behavioral Interviewing - A SoftwareCEO Top Discussion
		The first one is a structured behavioural interview and the second one is a technical interview (not that structured).
		Structured Behavioral Interviewing is a better technique than the old fashioned interview where the applicant who laughs the most or talks the best gets the highest rating.
		Most of his interviewers quit a few years down the road, so he got to be the manager when the hiring manager was terminated.
	www.softwareceo.com /discussions/structured_behavioral_interviewing.php (7879 words)

	College of the Holy Cross \| Career Planning (Site not responding. Last check: )
		It is often the case that an interviewer will seek a relatively high level of detail in your responses (e.g., the conversation you had, the mood of the person you were talking to, your specific thought processes at the time of action, etc.).
		Although some recent research has demonstrated that structured, behaviorally based interviewing can improve the likelihood of an appropriate hire by more than three times the success rate of a traditional, less structured interview, this does not mean that all organizations are using or plan to use this method in making hiring decisions.
		This an opportunity for you to be formally interviewed by a career planning professional who will ask you a series of interview questions as they relate to the job you’re applying for, and then assist you in both critiquing and enhancing your performance.
	www.holycross.edu /departments/dos/website/career_planning/behavior.htm (1081 words)

	In-depth Understanding - How Consumers, Business Executives, Physicians or Patients Make Decisions
		Not all primary research calls for structured interviewing techniques, and when it calls for something else, Guideline is prepared to make the right recommendation.
		Our in-house interviewers set up appointments and follow through with the interviews, either in person or by telephone.
		Transcripts of the interviews can be prepared for formal qualitative content analysis and reporting.
	www.guideline.com /capabilities/market-research/in-depth.html (243 words)

	United States General Accounting Office
		To the extent possible, they should be moved to the end of the questionnaire and the interviewer should attempt to record the answers "off-line." These questions have the potential for interrupting the flow of the CATI and deflating the interview.
		Where the interview questions are limited in number and not very complex or difficult and the staff members who will conduct the interviews helped develop the DCI, we use the kickoff conference alone to inform the interviewers in detail how each question should be handled.
		Many GAO interviews are highly sensitive, and the data to be obtained can be influenced by subtle elements that are in the control of the interviewer.
	www.ojp.usdoj.gov /BJA/evaluation/guide/documents/documenthh.html (16636 words)

	Tool 9: Semi structured interviews
		The majority of questions are created during the interview, allowing both the interviewer and the person being interviewed the flexibility to probe for details or discuss issues.
		Semi-structured interviewing is guided only in the sense that some form of interview guide, such as the matrix described below is prepared beforehand, and provides a framework for the interview.
		Interviewers can conduct a number of practice interviews with each other and/or with a few community members, to become familiar with the questions, and get feedback on their two-way communication skills.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5307e/x5307e08.htm (3083 words)

	Select International – Site Map
		Wide Range of in-depth assessments across all job industries and organizational levels.
		Structured, behavioral based interviewing more accurate in predicting future job success.
		Offering several specialized services, many of which can be used independently or in conjunction with our assessments.
	www.selectinternational.com /sitemap/sitemap.aspx (370 words)

	School of Library, Archival and Information Studies -- UBC
		Interviewers' Tactics for Fighting Survey Nonresponse, by G. Snijkers and others
		The Use of Qualitative Interviews in Evaluation, by Meg Sewell
		Interviewing and Interview Processing, from Oral History Research Office, Columbia University
	www.slais.ubc.ca /resources/research_methods/interviews.htm (532 words)

	Electronic Resources for Research Methods
		Computer-assisted interviewing has been used in the past for, for example, telephone surveys but it is only in the last five years or so that it has been used for face-to-face interviews.
		Because the information is not quantifiable (i.e., not amenable to statistical analysis), the interview often is described as a qualitative research method.
		When we analyze the results from an interview we use the "hermeneutic method." We look at how all the statements made by the interviewee are inter-related.
	informationr.net /rm/RMeth11.html (1109 words)

	Writing, Speaking, Listening, Interviewing, Communication, Negotiation Skills (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The cognitive interview, on the other hand, is in some ways a questionless interview.
		The good interviewer tries create a social environment so the witness generates information without having to wait for questions to be asked.
		Using proper interview techniques is particularly important for high-stress situations because during experiential thinking, the individual is more likely to be dissociative and “encodes reality in concrete images, metaphors, and narratives,” whereas, in rational thinking, the individual is more logical and “encodes reality in abstract symbols, words, and numbers.”
	www.maxwell.af.mil /au/awc/awcgate/awc-comm.htm (5362 words)

	SAGE Publications - Qualitative Research Interviewing
		Qualitative Research Interviewing is unique in its conceptual coherence and the level of practical detail that it offers to the beginning social researcher.
		It provides a comprehensive resource for those concerned with the practice of semi-structured interviewing, the most commonly used interview approach in social research, and in particular for depth, biographic narrative interviewing, the interview methods of choice in qualitative research.
		Qualitative Research Interviewing is a unique and indispensable resource for learning the art and craft of a wide spectrum of methods and approaches in interview based research.
	www.sagepub.com /printerfriendly.aspx?pid=6179&ptype=B (388 words)

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