Basic characteristics of situational interview

As mentioned above, situational interview mainly tests the various practical abilities of candidates, which has the following five characteristics.

Targeted

Because the simulated examination environment is the environment of the position to be recruited or similar to the position to be recruited, the examination content is a practical work of the position to be recruited, so it is highly targeted. For example, in the mock exam, Xi 'an Finance Bureau gives candidates relevant financial materials and asks them to write a financial analysis report based on these materials, including data calculation, comprehensive analysis, personal opinions, opinions and suggestions. The above simulation test is designed for the needs of financial work and audit work and related problems in reality. The Audit Bureau of Xi provided the candidates with the original vouchers and accounts of a certain unit, and asked the candidates to pick out the mistakes and correct them. In fact, the scenario simulation has a strong match with the position in the application department, so it is highly targeted.

The evaluation method of the evaluation center is to simulate the specific working conditions and environment and evaluate it under the specific working situation and pressure. According to the post requirements and necessary abilities of people at different levels, different simulation scenarios are designed, which are highly targeted and avoid the tendency of "high scores and low abilities".

(2) directness

In structured interviews, candidates are prone to fall into a passive position, passively accepting questions from examiners, and passively thinking and answering questions. In this case, candidates are actually answering questions mechanically, rather than expressing their views and ideas on the question. To a certain extent, it is impossible to comprehensively test whether the basic qualities of candidates meet the requirements of posts and positions. Scenario simulation forcibly changes the role of candidates in the examination room from passive acceptance to active acceptance, so that candidates no longer regard themselves as accessories of the interview in the examination room, but as the protagonist of the interview. For example, in the scenario simulation exam for recruiting a secretary, the Propaganda Department of Xi Municipal Committee will extract opinions from a written document, and then an examiner will make incoherent oral narration, so that candidates can record and write a "briefing" accordingly. The Xi Procuratorate, on the other hand, played a recording of a criminal's testimony at a medium speed, asking candidates to take notes and write an "indictment" accordingly, and also played a recording of a report phone call for candidates to deal with immediately. This test is not only directly related to the business of the position to be recruited, but also enables the examiner to directly observe the job of the candidate and directly understand the basic quality and ability of the candidate, so it is more direct.

(3) credibility

Because the mock exam is close to reality, the focus of the examination is the ability of candidates to analyze and solve practical work problems. This way is convenient for examiners to observe according to their rich work experience and understand whether candidates have the quality of the proposed position. Therefore, it is generally reflected that the mock exam is more credible than the written interview. For example, when recruiting editors and journalists, Xi Radio and Television Bureau organized candidates to visit the production workshop of Xi 'an No.1 Radio Factory and made a simulated press conference. After listening to the director's introduction to the basic situation of the factory, the candidate plays the role of a reporter and asks the director questions on the spot. After the reception, each candidate wrote a news summary and a work brief according to his "interview record". Through this test, it is very reliable to observe whether the candidates have the basic qualities of editing reporters.

In addition, the scenario simulation is evaluated by multiple examiners, which reduces the distortion of evaluation results caused by abnormal performance of candidates or evaluation deviation of individual examiners. After each test, please explain what you thought during the test and why you handled the problem. On this basis, the examiner further evaluates the candidates' ability and skills to deal with practical problems, which greatly increases the reliability of the evaluation results.

dynamic

If there is still the disadvantage of static examination in structured interview, scenario simulation will often put the candidates in a dynamic simulation work situation, simulate the ever-changing situation in actual management work, and constantly send out all kinds of randomly changing information to the candidates, asking them to make decisions under certain time and situational pressure, and fully demonstrate their abilities and qualities in a dynamic environment.

(5) Predictability

The function of scene simulation is not revealed. The simulated working environment provides an opportunity for people who have not yet entered this level to display their talents and potential, and has a certain predictive effect on the quality and ability of candidates. At the same time, the evaluation center integrates evaluation and training functions, which provides more effective methods and ways for accurately predicting the development prospects of candidates and conducting targeted training.

Generally speaking, compared with other examination forms, the characteristics of scenario simulation examination are mainly manifested in pertinence, authenticity and openness. The targeted performance in the examination environment is simulated, and the content is simulated. The whole focus of the examination itself is aimed at the actual needs of candidates' quality. It should be pointed out that sometimes the simulated scene on the surface is not similar to the actual work scene, but its required ability and quality are the same. At this time, the superficial "unlike" does not hinder the substantive "like". Authenticity is manifested in what candidates "do", "say" and "write" in the exam, which is directly related to the business of the proposed post, just like a short probation period, and its working status is clear at a glance. Openness is manifested in the diversity of examination means and the vividness of content, as well as the high degree of freedom and flexibility of candidates' answering questions, which gives candidates not a closed test question, but a vast world that can be flexible, independent and even improvise.

The above characteristics also lead to the relative limitations of analog testing, mainly in the fact that the standardization of testing is not easy to take into account and the efficiency is low. At the same time, the quality of the examiner is required.