«If the
candidate is immediately defensive and offers no reason as to why they've decided not to answer, and the interviewer doesn't take this very well — then it's
unlikely they'll be asked back,
especially if there were better interviewees,» Walker says.
In a study involving hypothetical job applicants, those
candidates described as being «underdogs» — i.e., they were
unlikely to get a particular job due to unfair circumstances beyond their control (e.g., their application had been misplaced by a secretary)-- were rated as
especially physically attractive and desirable to date compared to
candidates who were (a) unfairly advantaged (i.e., had a friend pressuring the employer to hire them) or (b) were
unlikely to get the job due to their own incompetence (i.e., they failed to follow directions on the job application).