Generalization Bias Can Occur When

question 18

Multiple Choice

Generalization bias can occur when:

• A) an interviewer assumes that how someone behaves in an interview is how they always behave.
• B) a candidate thinks he or she knows what the interviewer wants to hear, and answers the questions based on that assumption.
• C) an interviewer becomes biased because of one positive or negative trait a candidate possesses.
• D) an interviewer relies on an intuitive feeling about a candidate.
• E) the interviewer remembers candidates interviewed most recently.

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