Effect Red Dress Has On An Interviewer
Hans Eysenck, in his book Mindwatching: Why We Behave the Way We Do, writes that when a very beautiful woman walks in for an interview she has the job even before the interview panel has asked its first question. And now they have found out that if the woman is wearing red she will have a very high chance that she will get the job over a woman wearing a dress that is not red.
Andrew J. Elliot and Daniela Niesta, Professors -I believe-, at University of Rochester have been working on tests to demonstrate an effect in humans: Red, relative to other colors,leads men to view women as more attractive and more sexually desirable.
Men seem unaware of this red effect, and red does not influence women’s perceptions of the attractiveness of other women, nor men’s perceptions of women’s overall likeability, kindness, or intelligence. The findings have clear practical implications for men and women in the mating game and, perhaps, for fashion consultants, product designers, marketers and job seekers.
Red dresses could be definitely skewing HR policies and online tests like Smart Hiring 15 Trait Test or Smart Hiring Sales Aptitude Test can ensure that the adaptability and critical reasoning etc of the candidate -a woman or a man and dressed in red or blue- are upto the mark for your organisation.
