Discuss some of the errors in perceptual judgment made by interviewers in job interviews

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Interviewers make perceptual judgments that may be inaccurate. They generally draw early impressions that very quickly become entrenched. Research shows that we form impressions of others within a tenth of a second, based on our first glance at them. This is the halo effect. Interviewers might draw conclusions about a candidate based on the group (such as religion, ethnicity) to which the candidate belongs. This is known as stereotyping. If these first impressions are negative, they tend to be more heavily weighted in the interview than if that same information came out later. Most interviewers' decisions change very little after the first 4 or 5 minutes of the interview. This represents anchoring bias. Also, candidates are generally evaluated by comparing them with the previous candidates. This is known as the contrast effect.