HRM 4111 Assignment #3 - Behavioural Interview Questions (10%)

This assignment relates to the following Course Learning Requirements:

CLR #1 - Link recruitment and selection theories and best practices within an organization to a recruitment and selection plan.

CLR #3 - Apply employee selection theories and best practices to build employee selection tools and process.

CLR #4 - Plan for an employee selection decision with the application of decision-making theories and best practices in both individual and team settings.

Objective of this Assignment:

To design behavioural interview questions for a senior management role you are filling.

Instructions:

Step 1: Read the case incident below:

You are a senior HR leader for an organization and you have been tasked with designing behavioural-based interview questions for a senior management role that needs to be filled as soon as possible. This is an important role within the organization, and an excellent opportunity for the right candidate. However, it will be critical for the hiring committee to determine if the candidates being interviewed have what it takes to turn the department around.

In preparing the questions, please note the following:

1. The manager will have 15 direct reports, including two supervisors;
2. He or she will be on a management team comprised of 20 managers (all have lengthy tenure with the company) representing all divisions across the organization;
3. He or she will be reporting to a president that travels often and is known to be difficult to reach or communicate with;
4. The new manager must continually deal with stressful situations such as irate clients, budget constraints, and tight deadlines;
5. There have been ongoing and multiple conflicts amongst employees in the group over several years that have never been dealt with;
6. There has been a very high turnover rate in the department over the last several years;
7. There are a number of "difficult" employees in the group with strong personalities and sense of entitlement;
8. There is no sense of "team" in the department and something has to change.

Step 2:

1. Prepare 20 behavioural interview questions based on the information provided in Step 1 above.
2. It will be marked out of 15 based on the rubric on pages 3 and 4.
3. Your assignment is to be submitted in MS WORD format. It should be submitted with the following guidelines:
   • Include a cover page with the course code and course name, the assignment number, the title of your assignment, your student ID, your name, the instructor's name, and the date the assignment is created.
   • 20 behavioural based questions based on the case study noted above.
   • Font should be either Calibri or Arial, 11pt or 12pt - double spaced.
   • You must cite all your sources of information using APA formatting.
   • Create a separate reference page that lists all of your sources that you have cited in text. Sources include software used. Also, personal communications from a professional in the field count as a reference source. For citation and referencing examples, seehttps://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01

Assignment Grading Rubric (10%)

Criteria	Excellent 80-100%	Good 50-79%	Requires Improvement <50%	Points
Assignment Quality	All information offered is accurate All views are clearly expressed and well explained Contains original ideas, connections or applications	Most information offered is accurate Most views are clearly expressed and explained Contains mainly original ideas, connections or applications	Some or no accurate information offered Views are rarely or never clear and require further explanation Many non- original ideas, or unclear connections or applications	/4
Comments
Assignment Knowledge and Skills Demonstration	The assignment content demonstrates an exceptional understanding of how to design behavioural interview questions to assist in selection All ideas are clearly developed, organized logically, and connected with effective transitions Explores ideas, supports points fully using a balance of evidence, Uses effective reasoning to make useful distinctions All relevant course and topic links are made	The assignment content demonstrates a good understanding of how to design behavioural interview questions to assist in selection Some unified and coherent ideas are developed with effective transitions Supports most ideas with effective examples, and/or references, and details, makes key distinctions Most relevant course and topic links are made	The assignment content demonstrates some understanding of how to design behavioural interview questions to assist in selection Develops and organizes ideas that are not necessarily connected. Some ideas seem illogical and/or unrelated Presents ideas in general terms, Most ideas are inconsistent/unsupported, and reasoning is flawed or unclear Some or no relevant course and topic links are made	/4
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Assignment Structure	Formatted as per assignment details Structure and format enhances delivery of the information Clear language is used which leads to easy readability Correct grammar and spelling is consistently used No issues with APA using citations or references.	Formatted as per assignment details in most components Structure and format fits well with the delivery of the information Mostly clear language is used with minor readability issues Few or no spelling and/or grammatical errors Minor issues with APA citations or references	Formatting has not been followed Structure and format is unclear and impedes delivery of the information Language used is often unclear which impedes readability Many spelling and grammatical errors Incorrect use of APA formatting for citations and references[1]	/2
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Total Points				/10