Questions:

1.) In order to create a values-based hiring process, would LinkedIn have implemented a task-based job analysis or a compentency-based job analysis? Explain.

2.) What qualities should the used interview question have? How would you validate the interview question?

Lindsay's first interview with Linkedin was conducted by the director of the MBA internship program. After she passed the first screening, Lindsay was scheduled for three phone interviews. The first interviewer of the three introduced herself and her job role. She asked Lindsay to introduce herself and explain which group within Linkedin she saw herself working in. The interview then proceeded down the path of behavioral interview questions around her leadership style, strengths, and weaknesses. None of this was particularly atypical. Ryan Giles conducted Lindsay's second interview. After introducing himself, he provided an outline of the call, which was to include introductions, a few questions about her background, and a case. "Tt's a case I like to give everyone I interview. We will have a chance to talk about it after you respond," he explained. With that, he introduced his background, his relationship with other interviewers, and his role at LinkedIn. Consistent with the phone screen and first interview, he allowed Lindsay to provide information on her background, probing deeper into why she chose Michigan for business school and asking which area she saw herself working in. They also briefly discussed her leadership style in the context of work situations she had been in prior to business school. Then, Ryan introduced the case by saying, "Pretend you are a business partner, like me, visiting Chicago [from Mountain View] for a very important meeting with top managers in the global sales organization. You step out of the meeting to use the restroom, and one of your managers stops you on the way, saying, "One of my employees in California just had a baby. The infant is in the ICU at a hospital that is an hour away from her home. Is there anything we can do to help her?" Then he asked her directly, "What would you do in this situation?" Lindsay had been tistening with a pencil in her hand and her typical starting framework drawn on a sheet of blank paper. Based on what she knew about Linkedin, however, she knew that her standard approach to tackling cases wasn't going to work. How should Lindsay respond? Acknowledgments The authors thank Ryan Giles at Linkedin for his assistance and insights in the creation of this case. The authors would also like to thank Betsy Erwin, Education Lead at the Center for Positive Organizations, at the University of Michigan for her contributions to this case