Note-taking in the employment interview: effects on recall and judgments.
Although note-taking in the employment interview is highly recommended, little research has examined its effects. This study investigated the effects of note-taking styles, review of the notes, and content of the notes on participants' cued recall of information and decisions made from videotaped employment interviews. Note-taking increased recall accuracy but not judgment accuracy. Being able to review notes resulted in increased judgment accuracy for those taking conventional-style notes. The content of the notes also had important implications for conventional note-takers, suggesting some benefits of recording notes using the key-points style. The findings suggest that the act of note-taking may be more important for memory and legal reasons than for improving the decisions made by interviewers.
Middendorf
Catherine Houdek
CH
Department of Psychology, University of Missouri-St Louis, 63121-4499, USA.
Macan
Therese Hoff
TH
D000328:Adult; D001288:Attention; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007407:Interviews as Topic; D007586:Job Application; D007600:Judgment; D008297:Male; D011939:Mental Recall; D008875:Middle Aged; D010560:Personnel Selection; D014956:Writing