Interview mistakes

What are some common interview mistakes?

Some common interview mistakes include: making snap judgments based on the candidates resume or test scores. Interviewers may also be influenced by the candidate’s attractiveness or gender or even non-verbal behaviours which may be attributed to cultural background or ethnicity, such as: eye contact, smiling, and nodding. Some interviewers may have poor job knowledge which may lead to bad hiring decisions. Other mistakes include focusing on a candidate’s unfavourable attributes over his or her favourable attributes or distorting one’s opinion about a candidate as a result of a positive initial impression, also known as the halo affect.