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Accordingly, the NROTC selection interview program appeared to need<br />

improvement. The ratings on the intewiew form showed little<br />

differentiation between applicants, and the validity of the interview<br />

ratings was low.<br />

One plausible reason for problems with this interview is its<br />

unstructured format. Reviews of the employment interview (Arvey & Campig:<br />

1982; Schmitt, 1976) indicate that structured interviews generally provid!<br />

more valid prediction of performance than do unstructured interviews. A<br />

recent meta-analysis found a .35 mean uncorrected validity coefficient fo:<br />

structuied interviews, whereas unstructured interviews had a mean<br />

uncorrected validity of .11 for the studies included in the analysis<br />

(Cronshaw & Wiesner, 1989). It is possible that a structured interview fc<br />

NROTC selection might improve the interview's validity for identifying<br />

applicants likely to succeed in the NROTC program.<br />

This paper first describes development of the structured interview<br />

materials and then an evaluation of interview ratings made during pilot<br />

tests of these materials.<br />

METHOD<br />

Identifyinq Tarqet Predictor Constructs<br />

The first step in developing a structured interview protocol was t

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