Justice-involved youth may lack the foundational interview skills needed to secure meaningful employment. Edgemon et al. (Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 53(4), 2303–2318, 2020) used behavioral skills training to improve interview skills for seven justice-involved adolescents. The current study extended Edgemon et al. by evaluating the extent to which a group-based intervention improved interview skills for 47 justice-involved youth. The intervention consisted of five modules: future goals, interest in the job, contributions and experience, problem-solving, and working with others. Results showed that adolescents’ responses to targeted interview questions significantly improved along with increases in their correct posture and smiling and decreases in their fidgeting from pre- to postassessment. Implications and future directions for research are discussed.
