1.Interviewing, though by no means

1.Interviewing, though by no means the only technique for judging the personalities ofprospective employees, remains the most widely used. Pencil and paper tests 1 formany years, but no written technique has gained as wide an acceptance amongemployers_2_ _ the traditional dialogue which aims_ 3_ forecast future behavior byobtaining information about past and_ 4_. An interview usually_ 5_ a conversation,which may take 6_ different forms. At one end of the scale is the directedconversationon topics selected8 by the interviewer. At the other9 is theundirected at which the person being 10 goes on about himself 1 1interruption,making his own choice of 12 . In between, and most common, lies the friendlyconversation 13 the interviewer moves at random from one subject to_ 14_. Thecarefully phrased questions of the directed conversation invariably yield the preciseinformation the15_ is looking for. 16_ , the friendly conversation_ 17_ turns outto be less 18 since the interviewer often19dominating the exchange. And onlyin very skilled hands_ 20_ be an outcome of the uninterrupted talk.