In recent years, as the economics of beauty has gradually entered the public eye, more and more scholars at home and abroad have focused on the impact of attractiveness on interview in the labor market (Carlson, 1967). Interviews were part of the civil service recruitment process in the 1930s. Research shows that 56% of respondents believe that interviews are very important in the talent selection process, and 90% of companies will conduct interviews when recruiting and selecting personnel (Boor, Wartman, and Reuben, 1983). The interview is closely related to our daily life. After graduation, we all want to look for a good job, so the interview is inevitable.
Although I am still a college student and don’t have much work experience, some of my classmates have already had internship and interview experience in my undergraduate study, and I also know some difficulties that I may meet in the interview. So in structured interviews, will the candidate’s appearance and other external characteristics have an impact on the interview results? Therefore, I write this proposal to have a better understanding of the interview.
In fact, the popular belief is that good-looking people may prevail in interviews for certain jobs, and that good looks have an effect even before the interview. In a career, beauty is no different than a long letter of recommendation. And the study found that attractive people are more likely to be hired. But research also shows that good-looking people face higher demands. Psychologists have proved through a large number of experimental studies that these ideas formed by people in a subtle way, and based on which to establish the impression of others are often not accurate (Keitel, 2011). Appearance is only the first impression, which may be influenced by the public opinion in the interview. Good-looking people may have more opportunities or get better treatment. I think this view is quite one-sided. There is a proverb “never judge a book by its cover” that I think is true. Appearance is only a stepping-stone, in the interview, your speech, expression and your real talent is the key.
Beauty also has a negative effect on interviews. Good looks do have a positive effect on job interviews, but in some cases, good looks can fail and even have a negative effect on workers. Attractive applicants were less likely to be preferred than unattractive ones when women applied for traditional male occupations that were not in line with their gender. (Behrend, Toaddy, Thompson and Sharek, 2012). It is inevitable to judge people by their appearance. With the progress of the society, at present most people have been treated equally. External evaluation is inevitable, we can do is to try to enrich ourselves, integration of our own comprehensive strength, in order to succeed in the competitive job market and respect.
But the limitation is that there is no final conclusion has been reached on the impact of gender, appearance, clothing, facial expression and other factors on the interview results.