70. In a Job Interview, How Much Does Timing Matter?

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  Have you ever heard the phrase face for radio?

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  I'm Angela Duckworth.

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  I'm Stephen Dubner.

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  And you're listening to No Stupid Questions.

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  Today on the show, is it better to have the first job interview slot or the last one?

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  Sorry, Woodcommon interview can't.

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  It looks like drizzle.

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  Also, why does one of our listeners intentionally avoid learning what Stephen and Angela look like?

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  I've been told I look like a cross between Paul Newman and Charlton Heston.

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  Yeah, I was going to go with Robert Pattinson.

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  Angela, we've got a question here from a listener named Nana Mensah.

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  Nana writes to say, I'm a doctoral candidate applying for postdoctoral positions.

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  I recently got invited for an interview that I'm so excited about.

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  In the past, I have chosen the earliest available interview slot just to get it over with.

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  However, I am starting to rethink this.

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  Are you more memorable just because you were the last candidate to be interviewed?

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  Any research on this?

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  No, no, no, no, no.

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  Is there any research on this?

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  There's a lot of research on this.

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