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Interviews form the basic selection criteria for most large companies. However, some people think that interview is not a reliable method of choosing whom to employ and there are other better methods. To what extent do you agree or disagree?

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Recruiting new
employees
 can be a long and painful process. Some employers conduct
interviews
 to select
new
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employee
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employees
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. I disagree with the given statement, which says that
interview
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 is not a reliable
method
, and other
methods
 are better. I believe that
interview
 is
reliable
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method
, but there are many other
methods
 which are equally good, and the choice is on the recruiters as to which
method
 they find suitable for their need. There are many reasons why
interview
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 is preferred by some employers for hiring new
employees
.
Firstly
, by the
interview
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 the recruiters can get an idea about the personality and social skills of the potential
employees
. In
interviews
, there are face-to-face interactions and the candidates have to answer impromptu questions, from which personality
traits
 can be judged.
Also
, by asking some case study type questions,
employees
 can judge
traits
 like
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 to handle pressure, confidence, and ability to think outside the box.
However
, there are many other selection
methods
 with varied advantages. One of the common
methods
 is
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 test.
This
method
 is preferred when the focus
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 judging the theoretical knowledge of the person. Another conventional
method
 is group discussion.
This
method
 is good where
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 job requirement of the company is conversational skills
for instance
 jobs. Group discussion can be determining the convincing power of an individual.
Last
 but not the least, there can be
combination
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 of all three
methods
 like written tests, followed by group discussion and
finally
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interview
.
This
method
 is the most
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through
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 of all the
methods
 checking everything from personality
traits
 to knowledge and
also
 communication ability. It is evident that different
methods
 have different advantages and the most
method
 cannot be singled out. It depends upon the situation.
For example
,
interviews
asses
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 a person's individual
traits
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 in an area. There are shortcomings of every
method
 too
for example
 there is a chance of personal bias
interviews
. The combination of
methods
 can take too long to select a candidate and may be too expensive to conduct for small companies. To conclude,
hiring
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method
 depends upon the job and company
requirement
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. In some situations, conducting
interviews
 is more apt, whereas in some situations the other
methods
 may be more advantageous.
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