Website Launched:  12/26/1994 Last Update:  2/14/2013 The Integrity Center, Inc. "objective risk management services" (972) 484-6140 [ Since 1984 ] HOME Reference Articles   SCREENING Check List Backgrounds TUTORIALS SERVICE MENU FCRA THIS COMPANY Our Methods Why Use Us Myths Pitfalls CHECK MYSELF CHECK NANNY USEFUL LINKS Library Statistics PRESS RELEASE The Integrity News Vol. XII No. 4 ISSN 1081-2717 January 29, 2003 BusinessWeek February 3, 2003 (pg. 63) Improv at the Interview "New techniques show bosses how applicants react to stress." "Farewell Formality --- the interview as most of us know it is fast disappearing. Companies are turning to new, more accurate alternatives." After noting that traditional background checks have increased dramatically in the past year, the article compares four "new" interview techniques with the "Standard Interview". The claim is made that "the most effective new technique (54%) for  accurately predicting job performance is the Situational Interview" --- but, "an outsourced situational interview runs upwards of $500 a pop." "In the post-Enron culture-of-caution, corporations are heeding an obvious insight: that a gold-plated resume and winning personality are about as accurate in determining job performance as Wall Street analysts are in picking stocks." It is very interesting to note in the article that the "personality/integrity assessment" is the next most effective interview technique for accurately  predicting on-the-job performance. Since 1988, we have administered over 11,400 of our personality/integrity assessments using the  validated interview tool The Examiner (tm). Since 1999, this tool has been available on the Internet. It consists of an online survey, which you then follow with an interview that is done from the Interview  Guide which the tool produces for the interviewer. The amazing insight that the interviewer gets comes from: (1) the survey revealing the candidate's motivations  and attitudes before the interview begins, (2) an accurate measure of the candidate's level of candor, and (3) the sorted and organized responses that the candidate made to specific questions during the computer survey. These results enable the interviewer to gain terrific insight into the candidate, and receive admissions, while  only appearing to question responses that the candidate  made to the computer during the survey. The cost of The Examiner (tm) online survey including the subsequent Interview Guide, which you print out for the interview, is $32.50 before a volume discount. If your  company wants to outsource the follow-up interview to a  professional at The Integrity Center, Inc., the additional  cost is $60. Please CLICK HERE to read more about this great interview tool. Feel free to call us to ask questions, to  discuss The Examiner (tm) or its results, or to take this survey and have us interview you so that you can realize the insight for yourself. The BusinessWeek article has the right theme. With very little ability to raise prices, with ballooning health care costs, and with global competition, you need to be  sure that you are hiring the right person. Call if you want to discuss any of these topics. (972) 484-6140 EARLIER NEWS ITEMS The Resume    Problem Immigration Reform    Will Mean:    Employers MUST    Enforce    Employment    Eligibility    Verification Economic    Espionage Guerrilla    Reference    Checks The Mobile    Integrity    Connection (tm) NEW U.S.    Law Increases    Employer Risk Time    To    Shred Three New    H.R. 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