Limitations of interview technique

[laji]

What are the limitations of interview as a tool for selecting employees in an organisation?

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(1) Interview cannot judge the skill and the ability of a candidate for the job. Interview can test only his personality.

(2) Success of interview depends on the interviewer also. Interviewer is always not an expert of the situation or of the job to be offered and therefore he may not be in a position to extract maximum information form the candidate which is one of the purposes of the interview.

(3) The technique of interview is not free from bias—The result of interview depends on the personal judgment of the interviewer. The result of interview is decided on the basis of personal judgment of the interviewer which is not always correct. Sometimes interviewer forms a particular view about a candidate which deviates from the objective of purposeful exchange of meanings.

(4) Sometimes interviewer confuses the candidate—Sometimes, the interviewer has not been an expert of the situation and asks the questions of the candidate only to confuse him or to defeat him and not to get the maximum information from him. The questions are directed to the interviewee in such a fashion, as to allow him no time to answer.

(5) Interview is a costly technique—An interview involves the time consuming and expensive technique.