Question

interviews introduce more bias than does the use of questionnaire,critically examine

Answer 1

The correct answer to the question is given below:

Explanation:

• It is true that interviews introduce more bias as compared to questionnaire.
• This is because in a questionnaire, all the candidates gets exposed to the same questions and those who give the correct answers to the given questions are considered to be selected.
• However, in an interview, the interviewer does not only analyse the knowledge and intelligence of the candidate.The personality, behaviour, expression, patience, psychology, mentality, leadership qualities, approach, capacity to handle a critical situation by the candidate are also judged.
• The personality varies among different persons.
• A person having a particular personality may be liked by one interviewer while disliked by the other interviewer depending upon the preference of the individual interviewers.
• Therefore, the selection of a particular candidate in an interview completely depends upon whether his personality is liked or disliked by the particular interviewer and this result can vary if the interviewer is changed.
• Hence, interviews introduce more bias.