Barbara, a Product Manager at an Organic Soap Manufacturing Company

Multiple Choice

Barbara, a product manager at an organic soap manufacturing company, is supposed to interview a candidate for a new job opening in her department. The candidate arrives late to the interview, and therefore Barbara assumes that he will be tardy and uninterested in his job as well. Despite the fact that the candidate meets all the job requirements, Barbara rejects the candidate. Which of the following interview errors has Barbara most likely made?

A) The first-impression error
B) The nonrelevancy error
C) The similarity error
D) The contrast error