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"Afterward, Bellenfant watches and evaluates, along with a statistician from Vanderbilt, a psychologist from Vanderbilt, and the president of the Nashville Tabl
by Nicholas_C 12y ago
"Afterward, Bellenfant watches and evaluates, along with a statistician from Vanderbilt, a psychologist from Vanderbilt, and the president of the Nashville Table Tennis Club."
Seems a little overkill, but I like the idea in general.
"One young woman recently interviewed for an intern position. 'During the recruiting process she displayed a high level of confidence and enjoyed making people laugh,' Bellenfant says. In the original questionnaire, she rated her excitement level at the prospect of playing at 13 (on the scale of 1-10), and her ping pong skill level at seven.
When she played, it became obvious that she'd overestimated her abilities. 'We would have put her at two or three,' he says. Yet in the questionnaire after the game, she rated her skill level at six. 'She maintained that high level of confidence, which we think is a positive thing,' Bellenfant says. The company hired her, and he predicts she will be a strong performer."
Wouldn't being ridiculously over confident like this player be a negative sign? That seems like the kind of person who would power through things by themselves and do it completely wrong while being convinced it's right.
- ch4s3 12y agoI thought that was weird too.
- knurdle 12y agoI thought the same thing. Sounds like a classic case of the Dunning-Kruger effect. Maybe they haven't heard of it.
- baddox 12y agoHow can you even call that "overconfident" without knowing the methodology she's using for her rating? Does 7/10 mean "I'm better at ping pong than 70% of the world's population," or "I'm better at ping pong that 70% of people who self-identify as ping pong players," or some other methodology?
- tormeh 12y agoIt could be for a position where confidence and excess positivity is good, like sales.
- Nicholas_C 12y agoVery true. I did not consider that.
- BSousa 12y agoI come from a family of table tennis players (mother was national champ, cousin national champ, I only got to be regional champ). I can honestly say, table tennis is a sport where almost everyone overestimates their experience. A professional game is completely different than an hobby one, and 99% of the people only saw hobby players playing or those crazy fun plays in youtube where someone is volleying like crazy for some spectator fun.