2005年专八真题作文及范文

Interview is frequently used by employers as a means to recruit prospective employees. As a result, there have been many arguments for or against the interview as a selection procedure. What is your opinion? Write an essay of about 400 words to state your view.
               

范文

              The Interview as a Selection Procedure

Interview, as an important means to recruit employees, happens every day in our modern lives. Most students have received or will receive one or more after their graduation. Popular as it is, an interview raises plenty of arguments. Some people regard it as an efficient way while others think it is impossible to know a person's real ability and character in such a short time. In my opinion, it is a proper and effective way to recruit employees.

To begin with, interviews provide employers as well as employees opportunities to learn about each other. In order to get the position, job hunters should present their excellent qualities and abilities  and try  their best to get the interviewer's attention and appreciation. A number of questions are carefully designed by the interviewer to figure out whether a candidate is qualified for the company or the position.  Through the questions and answers, not only the job hunters' abilities, characters and hobbies are revealed, but also what the companies can give to the candidates are known, such as their salary, career future and so on .

Secondly the interview embodies the concept of fairness. In the interview, all the candidates face the same situation. They are questioned and scored by the same group of interviewers, which makes the selection more objective and democratic. What's more, nothing else but personal ability matters and is the decisive factor to obtain the job. An interview is not only a procedure for companies to select new employees but also a procedure for job hunters to select their satisfied companies. As to the right to choose, employees and employers are equal.

Thirdly, interviews broaden the choice range of both interviewers and interviewees. Companies that need a lot of talents can hold a big interview to look for the candidates they really want. If they can not find enough, they can hold another. The interviewees, on the other hand, can attend several interviews to find the most appropriate companies in which they wish to work and develop.

To sum up, interviews have many advantages and before any better means are created, it is the best  way to recruit employees. With the development of our society, it surely plays more and more important roles in making full use of the resources of talents.