Dr. Deborah Powell is an associate professor of industrial-organizational psychology at the University of Guelph, and she does research on employee selection, interviews and interview anxiety. You can find her on Twitter (https://twitter.com/interviewguelph). Dr. Silvia Bonaccio is the Ian Telfer Professor of Workplace Psychology at the Telfer School of Management (University of Ottawa). Her work focuses on how anxiety and emotions influence personnel assessment.
Job interviews can rattle even the most seasoned job candidates. This isn’t surprising given that the stakes are high. It’s common for applicants to be anxious about their qualifications, about...
