Abstract
The relationship between and among interviewers' evaluations of applicants and applicants' evaluations of interviewers in a college placement center was examined. 62 applicants being interviewed by 11 different recruiters from various industrial and academic agencies participated. Interviewers and applicants evaluated each other on three analogous dimensions: over-all general impression of the applicant (interviewer), personal liking of the applicant (interviewer), and chances that the applicant will receive further consideration by the organization (chances that the applicant would accept a job if offered). Intercorrelations between the interviewers' and the applicants' evaluations ranged from .12 to .42. Further, the interrelationships among the evaluations differed between the interviewers and the applicants. The evaluations of chances of further consideration (or offer acceptance) were more highly related to the other more interpersonal evaluations for the interviewers than for the applicants.
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