Personality differentiation in a police-selection interview

Abstract

Investigated the selection policy of an Australian police department's oral interview board in terms of personality differentiation among interviewees through the administration of the California Psychological Inventory (CPI) to a sample of 150 men and 129 women applicants for police service. Principal components analysis of the interview ratings indicated that 2 components reflected the dimensions of assessment for both samples. The 1st component, which accounted for 50% of the interview variance, had moderate associations with a cluster of CPI scales that suggested a selection policy concerned with social conformity among the men. There was no pattern that reflected a systematic selection policy for the women in the 1st component. The 2nd interview component was based on educational measurements for both samples. (18 ref) (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2025 APA, all rights reserved)