Good Test, Bad Test, Red Test, Blue Test
To Structure or not to Structure that is the question!
Bench Marks the Spot
After-Shocks
California
100
A concept that deals with measurement accuracy.
What is validity?
100
A selection tool that is conducted without any specific or particular questions or sequence of questions.
What is an unstructured interview?
100
A qualitative and/or quantitative tool for rating candidate responses.
What is a benchmark?
100
A process that is done to determine the applicants standardized scores.
What is a linear transformation?
100
This is California's largest city (by population).
What is Los Angeles?
200
A concept that deals with measurement consistency.
What is reliability?
200
The job analysis is the first step in developing what.
What is a structured interview or examination?
200
The level at which a Selection Analyst should start writing his or her benchmark.
What is the qualified level?
200
Forming in overall impression of an interview candidate based on their response to the first couple of questions is an example of this type of rating error.
What is the Halo Effect?
200
This is California's nickname.
What is the Golden State?
300
A form of validity that links important tasks to KSAPCs needed for effective job performance.
What is content validity?
300
“Imagine that you are the leader of a work team and you find out that one of the team members is not doing his share of the work, and instead is relying on the others to pick up the slack. How would you handle this situation?” _ The above sentence is an example of this type of interview question.
What is an example of a situational based question?
300
The concept of the minimally acceptable candidate is used to develop this benchmark level of the structured interview.
What is the qualified benchmark level?
300
Making a "Snap" Judgment about a candidate based upon their answer to the first part of an interview is an example of this type of rating error.
What is first impression error?
300
This is the number of counties in California.
What is 58?
400
A form of validity is based on the statistical relationship between test scores and measures of job performance.
What is Criterion-related or statistical validity?
400
This information from the job analysis study is the basis for developing interview questions.
What are expected at entry Knowledge, Skill and Abilities (KSAs)?
400
The proper method of determining the pass rate for a structured interview.
What is number of interview questions X (Multiplied by) value on the interview scale the applicant needs to get to be qualified for that question X (Multiplied by) number of interview panel members?
400
Only using the middle portion of the benchmark rating scale is an example of this type of rating error.
What is central tendency effect?
400
The three states that border California.
What are Arizona, Nevada, and Oregon?
500
A document that was developed by several government agencies in 1978 with the goal of providing guidance and clarification related to acceptable methodologies for developing valid personnel selection tools.
What are the Uniform Guidelines of Employee Selection Procedures?
500
“Think about a time when you had to evaluate an employee who was not performing well on the job. How did you handle that situation?”_ The above sentence is an example of this type of structured interview question.
What is an example of a behavioral interview question?
500
The proper method for determining the max score on a structured interview.
What is number of interview questions X (Multiplied by) the max score an applicant can get on an interview question X (Multiplied by) the number of panel raters.
500
Creating a set of expectations for a current employee who will be participating in an interview that you are a panel member for is an example of this type of error.
What is expectation error?
500
This is the California state motto.
What is Eureka!?!?
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