Examines the extent to which postbureaucratic principles (dialog, workplace democracy, and transformational leadership) are currently reflected in the employment interview. Discusses the nature of the postbureaucratic organization. Examines current employment interviewing norms and practices to determine if they reflect three guiding principles of…

Contributes to scholarship on employment interviewing effectiveness. Outlines how some interviewer strategies are actually counterproductive. Argues that interviewers can better serve employers' and applicants' needs by enabling the best performances of which applicants are capable, practicing conscious transparency, and sharing control of the…

Summarizes accepted principles of ethical communication and shows they apply to employment interviewing. Identifies kinds of interviewing advice that appear to depart from these standards, considers possible justifications for these departures, and concludes they are not warranted. Proposes ways to teach interviewing that are consistent with…

Notes that employers' use of behavioral description interviews has increased dramatically within the past decade. Explains that behavioral description questions require respondents to tell stories and that storytelling is now critical to applicants' success in employment interviews. Presents criteria to judge the effectiveness of applicants'…

Suggests that applicant impression management (AIM) is more harmful to employment interviewing than is currently suspected. Offers a conceptual model of AIM that is consistent with employment interviewing practice. Presents and critiques three arguments used to defend AIM. Examines a model for helping employers conduct interviews that minimize the…

Examines two methods of conducting an employment interviewing training exercise for interviewees. Compares instructor-facilitated and peer-facilitated exercises specifically. Discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each. Concludes that instructor-facilitated training was preferred over peer-facilitated training, and suggests directions for…

Presents an exercise where students explore ethical implications of the employment interview by framing a set of ethical guidelines for a hypothetical hiring case in which they will play one of several roles. Finds that students become keenly aware of the influence of social and professional roles on how people view the ethical issues in the…

Examines university students' employment interview satisfaction. Finds that interview communication satisfaction significantly predicted applicants' postinterview attraction to vacancies; whereas preinterview attraction to vacancies did not predict applicants' interview communication satisfaction; and applicants' employment intentions were…