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interviewer stereotype

interviewer stereotype

in personnel psychology, an interviewer’s concept of the “ideal” job candidate, which becomes the standard against which actual job applicants are compared. Such a stereotype may obscure the genuine merits of applicants who deviate from it in some way. See also profile matching system.

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