Does Your Position in an Interview Sequence Influence Your Chance of Success?

Jonas Radbruch
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Jonas Radbruch

Abstract information

Evaluation, of job candidates for example, often takes place in a sequence. In this video, JONAS RADBRUCH investigates how this sequential process influences outcomes. Studying data from an admissions as well as a hiring process, the work demonstrates that the immediately preceding candidate in a sequence has a very striking influence on the chances of success for the person that follows. The research calls for more work to explore how we can reduce bias in this and similar situations where sequences have a central part to play in the decision making process.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB101017

Researcher

Jonas Radbruch is a research affiliate at the Institute of Labor Economics (IZA) in Bonn. He completed his PhD in the University of Bonn’s Graduate School of Economics in 2020. Radbruch’smain research interests are behavioral economics, organizational economics and labor economics. Along with a number of academic publications, Radbruch has also written for Die Zeit. He has twice won excellence in teaching awards, in fall 2016 and summer 2017.

Institution information

Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

The IZA – Institute of Labor Economics (Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit) was a private, independent economic research institute founded in 1998 in Bonn, Germany, with support from the Deutsche Post Foundation. It ran the world’s largest research network in economic science, comprising over 1,300 international research fellows, and was the leading economic research institution in Germany. Wikipedia Its work focused on the empirical analysis of labor markets, employment policy, and the future of work, combining in-house research with evidence-based policy advice. The institute closed at the end of 2025, with its network continuing through LISER in Luxembourg.
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Original Publication

Interview Sequences and the Formation of Subjective Assessments

Jonas Radbruch,

Amelie Schiprowski

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Jonas Radbruch, 

Latest Thinking, 

Does Your Position in an Interview Sequence Influence Your Chance of Success?, 

https://doi.org/10.21036/LTPUB101017, 

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