The present study examined the simultaneous effects of 53 college recruiters' preinterview impressions regarding expected applicants and their assessments of applicants' actual qualifications on their postinterview evaluations of 145 actual applicants. Path analysis indicated that expectancy-confirmation processes were marginally present in recruiters' evaluations of applicants, such that recruiters who evaluated expected applicants more favorably prior to receipt of information on applicants also gave more favorable evaluations to actual applicants. However, applicants' qualifications had far greater effect on evaluations of applicants.
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