The Psychology of Job Interviews, 2nd Edition

CHAPTER 4 Playing your role How applicants and interviewers can influence interview outcomes

DOI: 10.4324/9781003171089-4

Applicants’ and interviewers’ objectives in job interviews

Box 4.1

Rachel and Kareem are both interviewing today with Louis, the HR manager of Power Engine. Although Rachel believes that her first interview with Future Technology was quite successful, she has not heard back from them. And she thinks that her second interview at Brilliant Electronics is unlikely to lead to a positive outcome. Kareem’s situation is even worse because he perceives his first two interviews as major failures. Overall, both of our candidates are particularly motivated to perform well in the third interview and land an engineering job ...