Cathy Applied for a Job as a Mechanical Engineer

question 22

Multiple Choice

Cathy applied for a job as a mechanical engineer. In addition to being evaluated based on her résumé and other written materials, Cathy participated in a live, face-to-face interview during which she was asked a set of standardized questions put to all the candidates for this job. This interview most likely

• A) decreased the chances that she would be hired.
• B) diminished the likelihood that stereotyped judgments would be made of her.
• C) produced the Hawthorne effect in the interviewer's behavior.
• D) elicited responses from Cathy concerning her leadership skills.

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