Defining Personality: Epistemic Authority in Recruitment Interviews
Ahopelto, Teija; Ruusuvuori, Johanna; Stevanovic, Melisa; Tiitinen, Sanni (2024)
Ahopelto, Teija
Ruusuvuori, Johanna
Stevanovic, Melisa
Tiitinen, Sanni
SAGE Publications
2024
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024032212592
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi-fe2024032212592
Tiivistelmä
Personality testing is an elementary part of recruitment. The test results are
increasingly considered a necessary means of obtaining information about candidates’
personalities and suitability. This has raised questions about who has the right to
define a candidate’s personality in recruitment interviews. Here, we use conversation
analysis to describe two strategies through which recruiters evaluate candidates’
personalities based on the personality test results and show how these methods are
linked to different interactional affordances. We recommend the candidate-driven
strategy that attends to the candidates’ fundamental right to define their personality
in a situation where their career is at stake.
increasingly considered a necessary means of obtaining information about candidates’
personalities and suitability. This has raised questions about who has the right to
define a candidate’s personality in recruitment interviews. Here, we use conversation
analysis to describe two strategies through which recruiters evaluate candidates’
personalities based on the personality test results and show how these methods are
linked to different interactional affordances. We recommend the candidate-driven
strategy that attends to the candidates’ fundamental right to define their personality
in a situation where their career is at stake.