Supporting Tool
OPM Selection Guides
Official job-analysis and structured-interview methods for defining work and comparable assessment evidence.
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Where it can help
- Separating actual work from broad role labels before recruitment.
- Designing equal job-related interview questions and anchored evidence standards.
Limitations
What to check first
- The guidance is written for US federal selection.
- It does not replace qualified local HR, accessibility, or legal review.
- It must not be used to automate candidate ranking, rejection, or selection.
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The public guidance is free to read.
Practices using this Tool
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People
Analyse the work before choosing a hiring assessment
Produce a locally reviewed role record from actual work evidence.
Run a structured interview with human-reviewed evidence
Collect comparable job evidence while trained humans retain judgement.
Sources
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Check what the sources say about using it in these practices.