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Discussion Questions:

1. The authors hypothesize that the evaluations of men and women job candidates will differ in employment interviews based upon objective differences, verbal and nonverbal communication factors, and gender.  In the employment interview process, in what ways or circumstances do you think men have an advantage, and in what ways or circumstances do women have an advantage?
2. The authors tested to discover if nonverbal communication factors have a more significant influence on recruiter evaluations than do verbal factors.  What did the author’s find? 
3. What nonverbal behaviors should we emphasize as candidates, and which nonverbal behaviors should we avoid to generate more positive employment interview evaluations?
4. What verbal behaviors were identified that coincided with higher evaluations of the job candidate? 
6. A new company is considering using online interviews that would conceal the gender of the applicant in order to be more neutral.  What do you think about gender-anonymous online interviews, and should they be used?
7. Is it discriminatory to use a trait like nonverbal communication skill to identify preferred candidates in the employment process?  Why or why not?