Counselor Interview Protocol (CIP)

 

The Counselor Interview Protocol (CIP), a parallel form of Teacher Interview Protocol (TIP), is used to hire camp counselors for the talent development programs at Purdue University. The CIP contains four background questions and seven questions related to specific camp scenarios (e.g., if……, what would you do?). These scenarios were generated based on practical camp experience of the talent development program staff members and thus, the content of the CIP is context sensitive.

 

The research on TIP revealed that a scenarios based interview question helps the interviewers to know the applicants’ perspectives. A CIP interview is about 30 to 45 minute, using a 5 point Likert type scale and list of relevant key words as a guide during the rating process. When conducting an interview with CIP, we suggest using more than one interviewer and include at least one scenario that is related to the context the interviewees might work.

 

Resources

The research of COF (CIP) is in progress. For more information, please contact Enyi Jen ejen@purdue.edu

 

 

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