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The job interview – why do we use them when they’re proven to be ineffective? Catherine Carr explores what distinguishes the good from the bad.
Job interviews are stressful experiences and have mostly been proved by scientists to be ineffective at selecting the right candidates. So why has this means of selection survived so long and why is so much value placed on it? Catherine Carr explores the cultural and psychological bias that flaws them, how we might improve the experience both as interviewee and interviewer, and the extent to which technology might hold promise in making the process fairer.
(Image: Someone at an interview, Credit: Shutterstock)
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Mon 26 Feb 201806:32GMT
BBC World Service South Asia
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- Tue 20 Feb 201802:32GMTBBC World Service except News Internet
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