Interviews, power games and office politics

Adam left the interview room, believing that he had completely failed. What did he say wrong? Or maybe they didn’t like his chocolate brown suit, goatee, earring and swollen briefcase? Or did he sit in the wrong chair?
Most job interviews end in failure. Studies show that the result of such events largely depends on whether the pretender liked the person conducting the interview. Personnel services personnel receive most of the factual information from applicants' resumes, but they often forget about it in the process of personal communication. The most important thing is the impression that the candidate will make on the interviewer.

First impressions are like love at first sight, only in a business setting.

Professor Frank Bernieri of the University of Toledo analyzed the behavior of candidates for a place during a twenty-minute interview. After the interview, the interviewers were asked to rate each candidate for qualities such as ambition, intelligence and competence. Then the first 15 seconds of the video of each interview were shown to independent observers. It turned out that the impressions received in 15 seconds completely coincided with the impressions of the interviewers. This study convincingly proves that at the interview everything depends on the first impression. Your appearance, handshake and first body language cues are key factors determining the outcome of the interview.