ROLE PRACTICE IN INTERVIEW TRAINING

Abstract

The use of role playing or reality practice Is being increasingly recognized as an. effective means of translating principles into methods, of learning the how, of getting the feel of doing something in a situation where one is not playing for keeps. In training which is directed toward improving skill in interpersonal relations it offers a most effective way of bridging the gap between formal study of principles, methods, and techniques on a verbal level to actual work with those methods and techniques. It offers an opportunity for practice in those kinds of work, such as interviewing, for example, where close supervision and training on the job are very difficult