Reliability and validity issues are important, but not the only consideration. We can't take our favorite selection tool and apply it indiscriminately . Collecting data from the field is a lot different than getting it from students . Many employees are fearful of providing data or taking tests, no matter how much we reassure them that the results will not affect their jobs. Survival Basics 1.
Time is money .
It is always in our best interest to find the most efficient way to collect data for our clients. Find out what the sacred cows are before you slaughter anything . Selection interviews are a sacred cow . There is a ceiling on the advantages we can impose on structured selection interviews. Don't add so much structure that you completely tie the hands of the interviewer.