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The effectiveness of recruiting techniques

In 2005 The Civil Service Commission asked Professor Clive Fetcher to

"To review up to date UK research findings on the most reliable, validated techniques for recruiting and selecting senior staff in the private, public and voluntary sectors, with particular reference to effective selection interviewing, the use of assessment centres and psychological and psychometric testing"

His report is in the public arena, yet until recently I didn't know it existed. His results are fascinating - structured interviewing is best, unstructured interviewing is worst and assessment centres only rate third.

You can read the full report here