Job Interview -- timing question

[underpants]

I wanted to get DU'ers opinion on this.

First interview. 4 options - let's assume there are 4 candidates. On a Friday.

Which time do you take? Offer a WHY if you'd like.

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[patricia92243]

1. I don't understand the question.

[underpants]

9. It's about a job interview

[muriel_volestrangler]

2. Judges are more lenient after taking a break, study finds

The adage that justice depends on what the judge ate for breakfast may not be far from the truth, according to a study of more than a thousand court decisions.

The research, which examined judicial rulings by Israeli judges who presided over parole hearings in criminal cases, found that judges gave more lenient decisions at the start of the day and immediately after a scheduled break in court proceedings such as lunch. Jonathan Levav, associate professor of business at Columbia University, who co-authored the paper, said: "You are anywhere between two and six times as likely to be released if you're one of the first three prisoners considered versus the last three prisoners considered."

The authors of the peer-reviewed paper looked at more than 1,000 rulings made in 2009 by eight judges. They found that the likelihood of a favourable ruling peaked at the beginning of the day, steadily declining over time from a probability of about 65% to nearly zero, before spiking back up to about 65% after a break for a meal or snack.

Levav said the paper had implications for British judgments. He said: "What we're finding here is a basic psychological effect, and there's nothing different between the psychological effect on a British judge and an Israeli one."

http://www.theguardian.com/law/2011/apr/11/judges-lenient-break

I presume you're talking about a job interview, but if this is a question of the interviewers being generally more content when not hungry, I'd pick just after lunch - 1pm, I presume.

[underpants]

8. Very interesting

Thanks. I chose 11am. It fits my schedule and prep better.

[metroins]

3. 3rd

First is forgettable.

2nd is before lunch, so all the interviewer is thinking about is lunch.

4th is compared to everybody and interviewer is thinking about going home.

3rd is at the most productive point of an interviewers day, after lunch, is also near the end, so you're memorable and also not close enough to 5 so they're not thinking about going home.

[NightWatcher]

4. Take the first available and woo the shit out of them

Hopefully they don't even see the other three people

[underpants]

6. I pretty much rock first interviews

Second too. Third - tough for me to answer the same questions or to the same people. I do interview well.

I chose 11am. This is within the organization (a move up to the parent organization) and the people interviewing are already familiar with me.

[petronius]

5. I would choose the time when I'm usually at my best, rather than trying to make

guesses about when the interviewers will be. For me, that's late morning...

[underpants]

7. Yeah

I like prep time -run, good shower, time to get the suit right- and working on my schedule.

[CentralCoaster]

10. First after lunch. They've forgotten the morning offerings, are refreshed from the break.

Any you get to arrive early without hassling with traffic!

[sharp_stick]

11. The earliest one

Show up completely ready to go to work and let them know how much you like to go to work.

[mercuryblues]

12. I would take the 8 AM

Prove that you can get up and go to work on time, be alert and on top of things.

I had a boss once that would not hire anyone that applied after noon or on a Thursday or Friday.