대기업 면접전형의 유형 및 특성에 관한 시대별 비교･분석

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to systematically analyze the historical transformation process on job interviews which have played a major role in recruiting college graduates since the introduction of recruiting culture in the 1980s. Specifically, this study sheds some light on the patterns and characteristics of interviews based on industry, economy, and job market environments. Moreover, this study employs the comparative analysis approach by focusing on the types and features of interview patterns adopted by 4 major Korean corporations such as Samsung Electronics Co., Hyndai Engineering and Construction, SK, and LG Electronics Inc. The sample period of this study (from 1980 to 2013) is classified into three sub-periods according to structural changes on interview patterns. The research scope of this study includes interview trends, interview types, and interview features of each sub-period. Important findings on interview patterns’ periodic characteristics are summarized as follows. In the first sub-period (1980s), so called the high-growth industrialization period, the sample firms needed to recruit a large number of hard workers. Accordingly, they mainly employed unstructured group interviews focusing on personality evaluation in recruiting new college graduates. The second sub-period (1990s) can be characterized as the information period in terms of the industrial and economy environments. In this period, the firms adopted semistructured interviews along with two-tier group interviews conducted by either executives or middle level managers. During this period, firms wanted to recruit college graduates with expertise and practical skills. In the third period (from 1998 to 2013), the knowledge based economy makes the firms to have creative and strategically talented employees. The firms adopt structured multilevel interviews and presentation interviews to evaluate specific task oriented competency. In this study, we try to systematically and historically classify interview patterns in the period of 1980 through 2013. Such classification will provide valuable starting point for both empiricists to analyze the effects of various interview patterns on firm value and researchers to study the right people for the firm. In addition, our efforts to relate various interview patterns with industrial and economy environments provide implications for practioners who need to gain insights to recruit the right persons for the job.