Directions:
Select the answer that you believe to be the correct match below
for each of the questions below.
All
answers are the opinions of Hiring Firing Experts, Inc. and are
based on the theories and practices taught by Hiring Firing Experts,
Inc. For each question select the most representative answer.
1.
The number one reason companies fail is most frequently caused by:
Your
answer:
2.
The number one reason managers succeed is most frequently the result
of:
Your
answer:
3.
You can’t hire above your:
Your answer:
4. Leadership
begins with hiring and firing.
T or F
Your answer:
5. What
is the most likely silent killer of profits?
Your answer:
6. What
is the likely cost of turnover?
Your answer:
7. Who
is the best promotable manager?
Your answer:
8. Discrimination
lawsuits are won or lost before the filing begins.
T or F
Your answer:
9. To
develop legal interviewing questions you need to know:
Your answer:
10.
Which is the truest statement in winning lawsuits?
Your answer:
11.
Who was most responsible for winning the World Series for the White
Sox in 2005?
Your answer:
12.
Firing because of performance failure is usually a positive for:
Your answer:
13.
If you are a manager of people, you are not judged on what you do
but what your people do:
T or F
Your answer:
14.
Predictor Interview Guides save:
Your answer:
15.
Past job history performance is the best predictor of how the applicant
will perform today and tomorrow.
T or F
Your answer:
16.
How much of your time does it take to verify a bachelor’s
degree, CPA, or MBA?
Your answer:
17.
In Paullin's 12 step hiring system the first step is posting the
job on the company website and in the proper newspaper and internet
channels.
T or F
Your answer:
18.
Reference checks are like insurance policies that pay off before
you crash.
T or F
Your answer:
19.
Before implementing a medical and drug screening policy you should
first call:
Your answer:
20.
The manager should always contact the university to verify degrees,
grades and actual completion of program.
T or F
Your answer:
21.
Which answer is most correct? Great managers begin with:
Your answer:
22.
You are most limited in hiring the best by the interviewing skills
of your hiring team:
T or F
Your answer:
23.
Posting a well written job description on the website:
Your answer:
24.
Promotion from within Increases morale and may cause less productive
employees to quit.
T or F
Your answer:
25.
Turnover expense is best calculated by stating:
Your answer:
26.
When charged with a violation of a U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity
law a company is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
T or F
Your answer:
27.
One way to save time and screen out candidates is to post the job
description on your company or commercial website along with the
major tasks that must be completed during the first 12 months.
T or F
Your answer:
28.
To control unwanted turnover, a company should have:
Your answer:
29.
Candidates who are referred by employees normally do not have to
undergo the same interviewing selection process as others before
a hiring decision is made.
T or F
Your answer:
30.
As a general practice you should first TeleScreen candidates then
sort their resumes into A, B and C piles.
T or F
Your answer:
31.
When interviewing, the candidate should talk approximately:
Your answer:
32.
Your interview questions should:
Your answer:
33.
How can Search Firms and Agencies add value to you and your company?
Your answer:
34.
Which of these Predictors, if lacking in the candidate’s background
or not demonstrated during the interview, are knockouts for Executive
positions?
Your answer:
35.
When referencing a candidate, in today’s legal environment,
the chances are slim of getting anything more than dates of employment,
last job title and maybe final salary from a past employer.
T or F
Your answer:
36.
Engaging the candidate in a theoretical and hypothetical discussion
often provides strong decision making data and predicts on-the-job
success.
T or F
Your answer:
37.
Which of the following is not one of the “Master Interviewer’s
Eight Principles of Interview Control”?
Your answer:
38.
Which of the following is a “Big Ten Purpose of the Predictor
Interview Guide”?
Your answer:
39.
Hiring Firing Experts defines Predictors as the necessary traits
of job performance on which a conclusion for making the best hire
can be based.
T or F
Your answer:
40.
To achieve ROI from Agencies and Search Firms:
Your answer:
41.
When a candidate asks, “Will I get the job?”, and this
person is not the top candidate, your response should be:
Your answer:
42.
To prevent calling a reference without permission always ask the
candidate if he is using the manager as a reference. If his answer
is yes, only then ask for the phone number of the specific manager
being discussed.
T or F
Your answer:
43.
As the hiring manager you should ask the candidate for copies of
transcripts, degrees, appropriate certificates and licenses, etc.
T or F
Your answer:
44.
Which of the following is not a key section of the Job Description
section?
Your answer:
45.
What does Paullin’s Atomic Rule of Multiple Promotions do?
Your answer:
46.
A basic Hiring Firing Experts principle is that what you see in
a person’s job history and past performance is what you will
get on your job in today’s and tomorrow’s performance.
T or F
Your answer:
47.
In your TeleScreen closing:
Your answer:
48.
In the Team Evaluation Process all three managers should:
Your answer:
49.
New employee orientations have been shown to:
Your answer:
50.
How the candidate gets along with people can be best determined
by writing Predictor questions under which of the following Predictors?
Your answer:
51.
The candidate’s honesty can be best determined by writing
Predictor questions under which of the following Predictors?
Your answer:
52.
During the interview, when the candidate makes references to planning
ahead, written plans, making lists, etc. these traits are addressing
which Predictor?
Your answer:
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