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CONDUCT A PERFORMANCE INTERVIEW

Total questions: 12

Worksheet time: 6mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How many steps are there in the Performance Management Process?

a)

3

b)

4

c)

5

d)

6

2.

What are the three general purposes of Performance Management mentioned in the presentation?

a)
  1. Accountability, Development, Recognition

b)
  1. Accountability, Alignment, Administrative

c)
  1. Strategic, Developmental, Administrative

d)
  1. Strategic, Accountability, Administrative


3.

Which are five criteria to establish effective performance management systems?

a)
  1. Strategic Congruence, Validity, Reliability, Agreement, Clarification

b)
  1. Strategic Congruence, Validity, Belief, Agreement, Clarification

c)
  1. Strategic Congruence, Validity, Reliability, Acceptability, Specificity

d)
  1. Strategic Congruence, Validity, Reliability, Acceptability, Clarification

4.

How can we use Specificity to evaluate performance management systems?

a)
  1. Check the consistency of a Performance Measure

b)

Check whether elicited job performance that is congruent with the organization’s strategy, goals, and culture

c)

Check whether a Performance Measure assesses all the relevant - and only the relevant - aspects of performance

d)

Check whether a Performance Measure tells employees what is expected of them and how they can meet these expectations

5.
  1. How can we use Reliability to evaluate performance management systems?

a)
  1. Check the consistency of a Performance Measure

b)
  1. Check whether elicited job performance that is congruent with the organization’s strategy, goals, and culture

c)

Check whether a Performance Measure assesses all the relevant - and only the relevant - aspects of performance

d)

Check whether a Performance Measure tells employees what is expected of

6.

How can we use Strategic Congruence to evaluate performance management systems?

a)

Check the consistency of a Performance Measure

b)

Check whether elicited job performance that is congruent with the organization’s strategy, goals, and culture

c)

Check whether a Performance Measure assesses all the relevant - and only the relevant - aspects of performance

d)

Check whether a Performance Measure tells employees what is expected of

7.
  1. Which are five approaches to Measuring Performance?

a)

Comparative, Contribution, Attitude, Results, Quality

b)
  1. Comparative, Attribute, Behavioral, Results, Quality

c)
  1. Comparative, Contribution, Behavioral, Results, Quality

d)
  1. Comparative, Attribute, Attitude, Results, Quality

8.
  1. Where do you choose to collect the performance information to measure and evaluate?

  2. Choose the most accurate answer.

a)

Manager, Peers, Direct Reports, Self, Customers

b)
  1. Manager, Peers, Direct Reports, Self

c)
  1. Manager, Peers, Direct Reports, Self, Customers

d)
  1. Manager, Peers, Self, Customers


9.
  1. What should a manager do during a feedback session?

  2. Choose the wrong answer.

a)
  1. Ask the interviewee to rate his/her performance

b)
  1. Be a good listener to identify the root causes of any arising issues and recommend improvement solutions for the interviewee

c)

Recognize effective performance through praise

d)

Focus on Criticism instead of Feedback for Improvement

10.
  1. The statement “Because of the unique nature of services—the product is often produced and consumed on the spot—supervisors, peers, and subordinates often do not have the opportunity to observe employee behavior. Instead, the customer is often the only person present to observe the employee’s performance so in certain situations, the customer is the best source of performance information.”  

Is this right or wrong?


a)

Right

b)

Wrong

11.

How to define “Upward feedback”, a common term that is applied in Dell Inc., to attract and keep talented employees by continuously enforcing feedback welcoming culture?

a)
  1. Refer to appraisals from upper-level managers which provide to lower-level employees to evaluate their behavior or skills

b)
  1. Refer to appraisals that involve collecting subordinates’ evaluations of a manager’s behavior or skills

12.

Which is the approach to reduce rating errors in a performance evaluation and increase reliability and validity of ratings?

a)
  1. Rater error training: attempts to make managers aware of rating errors and helps them develop strategies to minimize those errors

b)
  1. Frame-of-reference training/ rater accuracy training: emphasize multidimensional nature of performance 

c)
  1. Unconscious bias training: make employees aware of unconscious bias and reduce its impact by slowing down decision making then carefully consider reasons behind and language used in judgments.

d)
  1. Calibration meetings: discuss employee’ performance with the goal of ensuring that similar standards are applied to their evaluations

e)
  1. All of the above