Social Psychology: Heuristics
and/or biases
Your firm is hiring a new
marketing manager and you and one of the other senior managers has been
interviewing candidates. A candidate just completed the interview process and
you felt that she had the skills and background needed for the position. After
expressing this to the other manager he replied that this person would not be a
good fit and that you should continue to search for another person.
The candidate in question had the
following skills, background and characteristics:
Hispanic Woman
Masters Degree in Marketing
Worked for a competitor for the
past 20 years
Identify the possible heuristics
and/or biases that may have influenced your co-worker’s opinion. Are there
ethical or legal implications from making a hiring decision based on his
opinion? What would your response be to your co-worker? How would you convince
him that this person is right for the job and should be hired?
