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I don't know what line of work you are in, but this is decidedly not true in mine. It's skewed toward candidates making an excellent first impression but then
by foobarian 5y ago
I don't know what line of work you are in, but this is decidedly not true in mine. It's skewed toward candidates making an excellent first impression but then failing, instead of the other way around.
- wppick 5y agoI can't find the original article that discussed the confirmation bias effect, but this one is close: https://www.plum.io/blog/the-issue-with-the-interview-confirmation-bias https://www.plum.io/blog/the-issue-with-the-interview-confir...
- foobarian 5y agoGotcha. I think I was mostly objecting to the first several words of your comment saying an interview is decided in the first several seconds :-) I'm familiar with that feeling though. I've had several interviews where I really (subjectively) liked the candidate, and really wanted them to succeed - but having a prepared interview plan ended up doing its job and helped determine that the candidate was not a good match for the role.
- smus 5y agoDoes this apply for technical interviews though?