IDENTIFIERS Structured Interviews

A structured interview proced;re was usea during the spring of 1975 as a tool in selecting nursing and dental hygiene students at JOhnson County Community College. Potential students had two 20-minute interviews: one by a staff member of the program to which application was made, and one by another staff member. Interviewers r4ted the applicants on several personal characteristics including: perception of nursing, stamina, personal integrity and maturity, pelf insight and self concept, interpersonal competency, problem solving skills, social conscience and empathy, ethics, communication skills, ability to work with hands, and personal appearance. Interviewers also gave each applicant a percentile rating and an acceptability rating. Final selection was made by ranking applicants according to a total summed score obtained by adding the rating scores of the two interviewers. A bonus of 10 pointi was give n to all Johnson County residents. An evaluation of the result