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INTERVIEW NOTES AND VALIDITY
Author(s) -
BURNETT JENNIFER R.,
FAN CHENCHE,
MOTOWIDLO STEPHAN J.,
DEGROOT TIM
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
personnel psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.076
H-Index - 142
eISSN - 1744-6570
pISSN - 0031-5826
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6570.1998.tb00730.x
Subject(s) - psychology , interview , social psychology , content validity , personnel selection , test validity , applied psychology , clinical psychology , psychometrics , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Three studies were conducted investigating the effects of notetaking behavior and the content of notes on validity in a selection interview. Overall, results indicate that when notetaking was voluntary, notetakers made more valid ratings than non‐notetakers. But, when note‐taking was manipulated non‐notetakers made ratings that were just as valid as raters told to take behavioral notes, and actually more valid than those raters instructed to take general notes. With regard to the content of notes, behavioral‐type notes were found to contribute to greater validity. In addition, in the first and third study, procedural type notes resulted in lower validity. These results may have important implications for interviewer training for notetaking.