MHA 702 Chapter 13-15: Questions/Answers (Pass)
The department manager should be the person who checks references for
whomever he or she wishes to hire, consistent with the belief that the
primary interviewer should do the reference checking. ✔️Ans - False
All of today's interviewing prohibitions concerning information that cannot
legally be requested came about with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. ✔️Ans - False
Human Resources should not send an application along with the applicant
unless recruitment is urgent. ✔️Ans - True
The interviewing manager should rely on the employment recruiter to
address apparent gaps in an applicant's employment history. ✔️Ans -
False
It is preferable to start an interview with a question such as "Tell me all
about yourself" so as to elicit as much information as possible. ✔️Ans -
False
Through the overall course of an interview, the interviewer should on
average do less talking than the applicant. ✔️Ans - True
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) removed most
employers' ability to mandate retirement at a certain specified age. ✔️Ans
- True
In certain specific instances it is legally permissible to ask an applicant if
he or she has ever been arrested. ✔️Ans - False
The interviewer should be attempting to judge whether the applicant who
is employed elsewhere is seeking change to obtain something desired or to
escape something that is dissatisfying. ✔️Ans - True
It is not valid to try judging whether an applicant would fit with the
existing group; rather, the sole basis for selection should be qualifications.
✔️Ans - False
, What should a department manager should do in preparing to interview a
job applicant?
A. Review the job description, modifying or rewriting it as necessary to fit
the characteristics of the person to be interviewed
B. Do everything reasonably possible to meet with the applicant at the
scheduled time
C. Prepare to describe his or her own rise in the organization as a means of
"selling" the organization to the applicant
D. Remind the employment recruiter in human resources to be sure to send
the application or resume' with the applicant ✔️Ans - Do everything
reasonably possible to meet with the applicant at the scheduled time
What should the interviewing manager do during the early minutes of an
interview?
A. Get immediately down to business by opening with a probing question
and a no-nonsense attitude.
B. Review the compensation and benefits structure with the applicant.
C. Try some friendly social conversation to put the individual at ease.
D. Ask the applicant why he or she wants this particular position. ✔️Ans -
Try some friendly social conversation to put the individual at ease.
In interviewing an applicant for an entry-level position, it is important for
an interviewer to do what?
A. Find out early in the interview whether the applicant has completed high
school.
B. Insist on at least a minimal amount of working experience.
The department manager should be the person who checks references for
whomever he or she wishes to hire, consistent with the belief that the
primary interviewer should do the reference checking. ✔️Ans - False
All of today's interviewing prohibitions concerning information that cannot
legally be requested came about with the passage of the Civil Rights Act of
1964. ✔️Ans - False
Human Resources should not send an application along with the applicant
unless recruitment is urgent. ✔️Ans - True
The interviewing manager should rely on the employment recruiter to
address apparent gaps in an applicant's employment history. ✔️Ans -
False
It is preferable to start an interview with a question such as "Tell me all
about yourself" so as to elicit as much information as possible. ✔️Ans -
False
Through the overall course of an interview, the interviewer should on
average do less talking than the applicant. ✔️Ans - True
The Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA) removed most
employers' ability to mandate retirement at a certain specified age. ✔️Ans
- True
In certain specific instances it is legally permissible to ask an applicant if
he or she has ever been arrested. ✔️Ans - False
The interviewer should be attempting to judge whether the applicant who
is employed elsewhere is seeking change to obtain something desired or to
escape something that is dissatisfying. ✔️Ans - True
It is not valid to try judging whether an applicant would fit with the
existing group; rather, the sole basis for selection should be qualifications.
✔️Ans - False
, What should a department manager should do in preparing to interview a
job applicant?
A. Review the job description, modifying or rewriting it as necessary to fit
the characteristics of the person to be interviewed
B. Do everything reasonably possible to meet with the applicant at the
scheduled time
C. Prepare to describe his or her own rise in the organization as a means of
"selling" the organization to the applicant
D. Remind the employment recruiter in human resources to be sure to send
the application or resume' with the applicant ✔️Ans - Do everything
reasonably possible to meet with the applicant at the scheduled time
What should the interviewing manager do during the early minutes of an
interview?
A. Get immediately down to business by opening with a probing question
and a no-nonsense attitude.
B. Review the compensation and benefits structure with the applicant.
C. Try some friendly social conversation to put the individual at ease.
D. Ask the applicant why he or she wants this particular position. ✔️Ans -
Try some friendly social conversation to put the individual at ease.
In interviewing an applicant for an entry-level position, it is important for
an interviewer to do what?
A. Find out early in the interview whether the applicant has completed high
school.
B. Insist on at least a minimal amount of working experience.
