Week 3 - Job Interviews & Persuasive Presentations

Question 1

Confirmation bias

Answer 1

Tendency for humans to seek out information that supports a pre-conceived belief about the applicant that has been formed prior to the interview.

Question 2

Affective (emotional) heuristic

Answer 2

The interviewer’s decisions are influenced by quick and superficial evaluations, such as the level of attractiveness of a candidate, race, gender, background, etc.

Question 3

Anchoring

Answer 3

Tendency for interviewers to place an arbitrary anchor of expectation of a candidate, which then influences their evaluation of the candidate.

Question 4

Intuition

Answer 4

Might not be reliable, as it is thought to be susceptible to factors not related to the hiring decision.

Question 5

What does PREP stand for?

Answer 5

P stands for main point
R stands for reason
E stands for example
P stands for restating the main point