Selection: references and testing
3 important questions on Selection: references and testing
Why would you check references in selection?
- Past performance
- To check for fraud
- To check for past/current criminality
- To check for fraud
- To check for past/current criminality
Both validity and reliability for references are low predictors for job performance, how low do they score?
- validity (0.18)
- reliability (0.20)
- reliability (0.20)
Why do fewer than 1% of references rate applicants as below average or poor?
- Applicants often choose their own references
- Applicants often have the right to see their files
- Former employers fear legal ramifications
- References often have a limited opportunity to view behavior
- Applicants often have the right to see their files
- Former employers fear legal ramifications
- References often have a limited opportunity to view behavior
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