In this study, the hypothesis was in the form of an example: An interviewer who has already highly recommended three applicants on a given day may be reluctant to do the same for a fourth applicant. Information collected from more than 9,000 M.B.A. interviews supported this hypothesis. And through auxiliary studies, alternative explanations were found to be unlikely. In plain words, they found that successful early interviewees “ruined the party” for later interviewees. This makes sense because of how interviewers expect an even distribution of candidates. When interviewing six people, the interviewer might expect two excellent candidates, two good, one average, and one guy with a fake resume. So when an interviewer encounters three excellent candidates in a row early on, (s)he may unknowingly frame the remaining candidates in a more negative light in order to confirm their expectation bias. Life tip: Since this passes the common sense test and has a study based on 9,000 interviews to confirm it, there is a clearly a best time to be interviewed, and its as early as possible. Woe to thou who sleepeth in! Regards, Lifehacker.
Posted on: Mon, 09 Jun 2014 04:05:54 +0000