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Selection Interviews of Students for Master's Programs in Counseling: An Exploratory Study
Author(s) -
Nagpal Smita,
Ritchie Martin H.
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
counselor education and supervision
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.608
H-Index - 40
eISSN - 1556-6978
pISSN - 0011-0035
DOI - 10.1002/j.1556-6978.2002.tb01284.x
Subject(s) - psychology , selection (genetic algorithm) , medical education , higher education , exploratory research , personnel selection , applied psychology , counselor education , medicine , computer science , statistics , mathematics , artificial intelligence , sociology , political science , anthropology , law
Nine faculty from 4 counselor education departments were interviewed regarding the evaluation criteria and decision‐making processes used during selection interviews. Ten characteristics were identified that participants looked for during interviews. There was a high degree of agreement among participants on the evaluation criteria they used. However, the same homogeneity was not found in decision‐making processes. Counselor educators seemed to use selection interviews to screen out applicants who were unsuitable rather than to select the most qualified applicants. Evaluation criteria and procedures should be refined to increase the benefits of using interviews in the selection process.