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Some people totally dismiss the idea of using questionnaires in selection, on the grounds that respondents can “fake their answers.” Paradoxically, the same people seem quite happy with selection on the basis of an interview, perhaps believing that interviewees couldn’t fake in this situation, or that faking would readily be spotted.
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© 2012 Adrian Furnham
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Furnham, A. (2012). Faking it. In: The Talented Manager. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230369764_23
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