(Don't) Take it Easy: Which Job Offers Get Rejected and Why? by Jason Sockin

Join us for the latest Applied Economics and Macroeconomics Research Seminar Series event, Summer Term 2024.

John Jason Sockin, from the Institute of Labor Economics and Cornell University, will present this week's seminar on (Don't) Take it Easy: Which Job Offers Get Rejected and Why?

Abstract

Despite the ubiquity of job interviews, whether they affect workers' perceptions of the hiring employer remains unknown. Studying 1.5 million interview reports from Glassdoor, we present clear evidence they do. High-paying jobs are increasingly rejected after easy interviews, low-paying jobs after difficult ones. Accepting an offer is unrelated to others' perceptions of interview difficulty, instead reflecting one's own interview experience. Easy interviews appear to convey poor ``fit'' and those who ultimately accept offers following easy interviews are less satisfied with their jobs and exit sooner. Evidently, just as employers use interviews to screen candidates, they allow workers to screen firms.

The seminar will begin with a presentation and will end with a Q and A session.

It will be held in the Economics Common Room at 2pm on Thursday 13 June. This event is open to all levels of study and is also open to the public. To register your place and gain access to the webinar, please contact the seminar organisers.

This event is part of the Applied Economics Research Seminar Series.