You've sent in your resume and cover letter, and now you've managed to get an interview to make your case in person. But you might want to consider the scheduling of your interview carefully, since recruiters are more likely to be unconsciously indulgent at the start of the day than in the afternoon.
This is the finding of a study conducted by Shiran Danoch, an organizational psychologist and founder of the Informed Decisions startup. By analysing thousands of job interviews, the specialist observed a significant disparity in recruiters' assessments. "Specific interviewers have a consistent tendency to be harsher or more lenient in their scores depending on the time of day," she told Business Insider. This difference could be explained by the effects of a series of exhausting meetings, for example, a pile of files to deal with, dozens of urgent emails or simply mental fatigue.
