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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Psychology term of the day

January 29th 2025

proximal

adj.

1. situated near or directed toward the trunk or center of an organism.

2. near or mostly closely related to the point of reference or origin. Compare distal. —proximally adv.