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Study Shows Class Bias in Hiring Based on a Few Seconds of Speech

Candidates at job interviews expect to be evaluated on their experience, conduct, and ideas, but a new study by Yale researchers provides evidence that interviewees are judged based on their social status seconds after they start to speak, a form of bias in hiring. The study, to be published in the Proceedings of the National ...

Troy Oakes

A job interview.