I wondered if it was this, or a difference of expectation.
If you have an expectation that someone won't interview well and they surprise you, you'll be more likely to note their positive characteristics and move them forward.
Likewise, if you expect someone to interview well and they disappoint you, you'll be more likely to note their negative characteristics and won't move them forward.
This will be true even if the interviewees give nearly identical interviews.
Does that explain this? If a woman finds herself being compared to an interviewer's expectations for men instead of the interviewer's expectations for women, she does worse, and vice versa.
If you have an expectation that someone won't interview well and they surprise you, you'll be more likely to note their positive characteristics and move them forward.
Likewise, if you expect someone to interview well and they disappoint you, you'll be more likely to note their negative characteristics and won't move them forward.
This will be true even if the interviewees give nearly identical interviews.
Does that explain this? If a woman finds herself being compared to an interviewer's expectations for men instead of the interviewer's expectations for women, she does worse, and vice versa.