Accuracy of interviewers and students in identifying the personality characteristics of personnel managers and computer programmers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Anderson School of Management, MCS 05 3090, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, United States;2. College of Business, Oregon State University, 443 Austin Hall, Corvallis, OR 97331, United States;3. Business School, University of Colorado Denver, Denver, CO 80217-3364, United States;4. Lacy School of Business, Butler University, Indianapolis, IN 46208, United States;1. Institut d’Anàlisi Econòmica, CSIC, Campus UAB, Bellaterra 08193, Spain;2. Department of Economics, Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Cyprus, P.O. Box 20537, Nicosia CY-1678, Cyprus |
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| Abstract: | In this article we discuss the employment interview as a method of studying the personality characteristics of job applicants. It is maintained that personality plays a role in job satisfaction and performance and that people in general, and employment interviewers in particular, know which personality types are typically represented in different jobs. We then describe two studies that indicate a substantial degree of agreement and accuracy in the conceptions held by students and by professional employment interviewers regarding the personality characteristics of personnel managers and computer programmers. The data and our logical analysis lead us to conclude that judgments of job candidates in the employment interview can accurately reflect the degree of congruence (a) between the applicant's personality and that of the typical job incumbent and (b) between applicant characteristics and job characteristics. |
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