ERE.net ... candidate who has gone to a school our hiring manager
likes; has worked at a couple of well-respected companies;
or has written the right key words on his resume), we have
already hired him in our minds. Interviews are examples of
how easy it is to abandon the tools of objectivity, the
scientific method, logic, and the rules of evidence, for our
“gut” or for “chemistry.” While there is
considerable evidence showing that testing candidates is far
more likely to predict successful performance, we still rely
almost exclusively on interviews. Though numerous
researchers have pointed out the need to gather a variety of
data about a candidate, we generally settle for an
application form and an interview. Why are we so resistant
to testing and other more objective sources of data? Perhaps
it is because our expectations, preconceptions, and prior
beliefs pretty much always influence our interpretation of
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