Question

Give examples of Halo Effect, Telegraphing, Stereotyping, Behavioral Interviews and Structured Interviews. Give your own examples

Answer 1

1:Halo Effect

The halo effect is a type of cognitive bias where one aspect of a person influence decision making on another aspect of the same person

Example:

a: A person spoke very sweetly to me. This forced me to believe that person's character is good.

b: My neighbor is always is well dressed made me believe or decide he is also smart.

2:Telegraphing

Telegraphing, in an interview context, is when the interviewer asks a question in a way that tells the candidate the answer he or she is looking for.

A: This job requires some one good in communication skill can describe 2 scenrio's where you have demostrated good communication skills

B: We are looking for some one who can work in cloud technology can you demonstrate your cloud knowledge

3: Stereotyping

Stereotyping is a type of cognitive bias where over-generalized belief about a particular group or class of people based on interaction with a sample in the group .

A: My boss is a south indian .He eats vegetarian  food so all South indian's are  vegetarian.

B: My chinese vendor speaks poor English. Generally chinese are poor in English.

4: Behavioral Interviews

Behavioral based interviewing is interviewing based on discovering how the interviewee acted in specific employment-related situations. The logic is that how you behaved in the past will predict how you will behave in the future

A: Can would you  deal with a situtation where 3/4 team members have taken a sick leave and you need to deliver the work today itself

B: You are asked to communicate a poor rating to one of your subordinate whom you believe have performed well. what would be your communication to him

5: Structured Interviews

A structured interview is when all questions are prepared in advance .

1; Tell me some thing about yourself.

2: How do you rate yourself in the applied skill.

3: Go you have any questions to me.