Question

Appointment to the newly formed people team is not yet complete and your manager is keen to involve you in the selection of a People Assistant and has asked you to work as part of a team to:

Devise selection criteria for the post of People Assistant using the job description (Appendix A). Use the selection shortlisting matrix (Appendix B page 34) to shortlist applications against the selection criteria to determine candidates to be interviewed. (AC 2.2)
Interview one applicant and decide whether they meet the criteria for the post. The interview could be a panel or one-to-one interview. The interview could be conducted face-to-face, by telephone or by web conferencing. (AC 2.3)
If working as a panel, it is essential that each member of the team actively takes part in devising the criteria, shortlisting, interviews and decision-making and that your contributions are clearly and uniquely identified through comments from your assessor on the Assessor Observation Feedback Form. A copy of CIPD STARR Model Interview Questions (Appendix C) has been included that can be used when developing interview questions.

Your evidence must consist of:

The criteria that you devised. (not included in word count)
Your notes from the shortlisting process, or an observation statement from your assessor as to your part in shortlisting. (not included in word count)
Some form of record of the interview process, for example audio or video recording, photographic evidence.
Important note: At Foundation Level you must provide a reference where you have drawn from a secondary source, Harvard Referencing is preferable.

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Solution

In this section, an example of a simulated interview for the post of people assistant has been supplied, and it is backed by a description that has been provided in the appendices. The evidence for this can be seen in table 1;

Selection Criteria

Short-Listing of the Candidates

(AC2.3) Participate effectively in a selection interview and the decision-making process for an identified role. This task is covered by your practical assessment and the skills observation sheet completed by the assessor.

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