Abstract. Honesty-Humility is a valuable predictor in personnel selection; however, problems with self-report measures create a need for new tools to judge this trait. Therefore, this research examines the interview as an alternative for assessing Honesty-Humility and how to improve judgments of Honesty-Humility in the interview. Using trait activation theory, we examined the impact of interview question type on Honesty-Humility judgment accuracy. We hypothesized that general personality-tailored questions and probes would increase the accuracy of Honesty-Humility judgments. Nine hundred thirty-three Amazon Mechanical Turk workers watched and rated five interviews. Results found that general questions with probes and specific questions without probes led to the best Honesty-Humility judgments. These findings support the realistic accuracy model and provide implications for Honesty-Humility-based interviews.
In selection contexts that employ standardized testing, the use of accommodations must be accompanied by evidence to support their appropriateness. Three studies examined the appropriateness of extended time accommodations in cognitive ability testing. Study 1 examined the speededness of the Canadian Forces Aptitude Test (CFAT) using data from 12,555 applicants to establish that speed is not a factor in the CFAT. Study 2 examined the impact of extra time in the completion of a paper-based administration of the practice CFAT for test-takers with and without a learning disability (LD). Data from 122 military trainees revealed that regardless of LD status, participants received higher scores and attempted more items. Study 3 replicated and extended the findings of study 2 using a university sample (N = 234) and a computerized test administration mode. Findings from both studies also suggested that construct- and criterion-related validity were comparable across time conditions. Overall, this research has implications for those considering time accommodations in cognitive ability testing, and contributes to the limited body of knowledge on test accommodations available to selection test developers and providers.
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