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The department manager should be False
the person who checks references
for whomever he or she wishes to
hire, consistent with the belief that
the primary interviewer should do
the reference checking.
All of today's interviewing False
prohibitions concerning information
that cannot legally be requested
came about with the passage of the
Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Human Resources should not send True
an application along with the
applicant unless recruitment is
urgent.
The interviewing manager should False
rely on the employment recruiter to
address apparent gaps in an
applicant's employment history.
, It is preferable to start an interview False
with a question such as "Tell me all
about yourself" so as to elicit as
much information as possible.
Through the overall course of an True
interview, the interviewer should on
average do less talking than the
applicant.
The Age Discrimination in True
Employment Act (ADEA) removed
most employers' ability to mandate
retirement at a certain specified age.
In certain specific instances it is False
legally permissible to ask an
applicant if he or she has ever been
arrested.
The interviewer should be True
attempting to judge whether the
applicant who is employed
elsewhere is seeking change to
obtain something desired or to
escape something that is
dissatisfying.
It is not valid to try judging whether False
an applicant would fit with the
existing group; rather, the sole basis
for selection should be
qualifications.