Affective realism in interviews
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Chapter 4 endnote 44, from How Emotions are Made: The Secret Life of the Brain by Lisa Feldman Barrett.
Some context is:
When you apply for a job or college or medical school, make sure you interview on a sunny day, because interviewers tend to rate applicants more negatively when it is rainy.
Candidates for medical school interviewed on a rainy day receive lower ratings than those who receive ratings on a sunny day. That's equivalent to having an MCAT score 10 points lower.[1]
Notes on the Notes
- ↑ Redelmeier, Donald A., and Simon D. Baxter. 2009. "Rainy weather and medical school admission interviews." Canadian Medical Association Journal 181 (12): 933.