A Job Candidate Came to an Interview Unprepared and Did

question 40

Short Answer

A job candidate came to an interview unprepared and did not seem knowledgeable about the product your company produced or have any basic understanding of the organization. Even though they had a n excellent portfolio you ranked them low against other candidates. The ________ effect has just occurred.

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Definitions:

Gambler's Fallacy

The incorrect belief that future probabilities are altered by past events in a random process.

State Lottery

A government-regulated form of gambling which involves the drawing of numbers for a prize.

Availability Heuristic

A mental shortcut that relies on immediate examples that come to a given person's mind when evaluating a specific topic, concept, method, or decision.

Infant Vocalisations

The earliest forms of vocal communication emitted by infants, including cooing and babbling sounds.