Talent Selection Process

Question 1

The process of evaluating the most suitable candidates for a position.

Answer 1

selection

Question 2

What are the steps in the selection process?

Answer 2

screen > interview > assess & evaluate > select & offer

Question 3

Analyzing the candidates’ application forms, curricula vitae, and resumes to locate the most-qualified candidates for the open job.

Answer 3

selection screening

Question 4

Sometimes called “automated tracking systems” or “electronic pre-employment screening,” such systems provide an automated way for organizations to manage the entire recruiting process, from receiving applications to hiring employees.

Answer 4

applicant tracking systems (ATS)

Question 5

Designed to prove areas of interest to the interviewer in order to determine how well the candidate meets the needs of the organization.

Answer 5

selection interviews

Question 6

• Assess skills the candidate has already learned.
• Measure a variety of mental abilities, such as verbal and mathematical skills, logic, reasoning, and reading comprehension.

Answer 6

cognitive ability tests

Question 7

• Attempt to measure a person’s social interaction skills and patterns of behavior.
• Report what might be described as traits, temperaments, or dispositions.

Answer 7

personality tests

Question 8

• Measure the general ability or capacity to learn or acquire a new skill.
• Look at a person’s innate capacity to function.
• Predict learning and training success.

Answer 8

aptitude tests

Question 9

• Require a candidate to demonstrate a minimum degree of strength, physical dexterity, and coordination in a specialized skill area.
• Based on key job duties and responsibilities; they are appropriate only if the primary duties and responsibilities of the job require such abilities.

Answer 9

psychomotor tests

Question 10

• Not necessarily a place but rather a method of assessing higher-level managerial and supervisory competencies.
• Require candidates to complete a series of exercises that simulate actual situations, problems, and tasks they would face on the job for which they are being considered.
• Usually last at least a day and up to several days.

Answer 10

assessment centers

Question 11

• Organize and summarize information in terms of selection criteria.
• Identify and rank acceptable candidates.
• Collect additional information as necessary.
• Make an offer to the top candidate.

Answer 11

Decision process

Question 12

Organizations may make a job offer that is contingent on the candidate passing certain tests or meeting certain requirements.

Answer 12

contingent job offer

Question 13

An oral or written communication that formally offers the applicant the job.

Answer 13

employment offer

Question 14

Written agreement between the organization and an employee that explains the employment relationship.

Answer 14

employment contract