Most Employers Form Opinions of Job Interviewees Within 10 Minutes

September 21, 2012 - 12:40 pm | Category: Money

If you’re looking for a job, make sure you make a good first impression.

According to a survey of human resource managers by Accountemps, 60% of them make up their mind on a candidate within the first 10 minutes of a job interview. And nearly one in five . . . 18% . . . draw conclusions in five minutes or less.

The average amount of time it took to form a positive or negative opinion was 10 minutes . . . here’s how long managers said they took to make up their minds:

Five minutes or less: 18%

Six to 10 minutes: 42%

16 to 30 minutes: 26%

More than 30 minutes: 1%

(The remaining 13% were either somewhere in between or undecided.)