Yoshikawa Yuichiro, Muramatsu Taro, Sakai Kazuki, Haraguchi Hideyuki, Kudo Azusa, Ishiguro Hiroshi, Mimura Masaru, Kumazaki Hirokazu
Department of Systems Innovation, Graduate School of Engineering Science, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan.
Department of Neuropsychiatry, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan.
Front Psychiatry. 2023 Jul 3;14:1198433. doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1198433. eCollection 2023.
Job interviews are a major barrier to employment for individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD). During the coronavirus pandemic, establishing online job interview training at home was indispensable. However, many hurdles prevent individuals with ASD from concentrating on online job interview training. To facilitate the acquisition of interview skills from home for individuals with ASD, we developed a group interview training program with a virtual conferencing system (GIT-VICS Program) that uses computer graphics (CG) robots.
This study investigated the feasibility of the GIT-VICS Program in facilitating skill acquisition for face-to-face job interviews in pre-post measures. In the GIT-VICS Program, five participants were grouped and played the roles of interviewees (1), interviewers (2), and human resources (2). They alternately practiced each role in GIT-VICS Program sessions conducted over 8 or 9 days over three consecutive weeks. Before and after the GIT-VICS Program, the participants underwent a mock face-to-face job interview with two experienced human interviewers (MFH) to evaluate its effect.
Fourteen participants completed the trial procedures without experiencing any technological challenges or distress that would have led to the termination of the session. The GIT-VICS Program improved their job interview skills (verbal competence, nonverbal competence, and interview performance).
Given the promising results of this study and to draw clear conclusions about the efficacy of CG robots for mock online job interview training, future studies adding appropriate guidance for manner of job interview by experts are needed.
面试是自闭症谱系障碍（ASD）患者就业的主要障碍。在新冠疫情期间，在家开展在线求职面试培训必不可少。然而，诸多障碍使ASD患者难以专注于在线求职面试培训。为帮助ASD患者在家掌握面试技巧，我们开发了一种使用计算机图形（CG）机器人的虚拟会议系统小组面试培训项目（GIT-VICS项目）。
本研究通过前后测调查了GIT-VICS项目在促进面对面求职面试技能习得方面的可行性。在GIT-VICS项目中，五名参与者分为一组，分别扮演受访者（1名）、面试官（2名）和人力资源人员（2名）。他们在连续三周内，通过8或9天的GIT-VICS项目课程交替练习每个角色。在GIT-VICS项目前后，参与者与两名经验丰富的人工面试官进行了模拟面对面求职面试（MFH），以评估其效果。
14名参与者完成了试验程序，未遇到任何导致课程终止的技术问题或困扰。GIT-VICS项目提高了他们的求职面试技能（语言能力、非语言能力和面试表现）。
鉴于本研究取得的良好结果，为了就CG机器人在模拟在线求职面试培训中的效果得出明确结论，未来需要增加专家对求职面试方式的适当指导的研究。
