Time benders: Can interview order affect your chances of getting hired?

Kevin Nason says he doesn't like to admit that he usually hires one of the first three people he interviews but he says it's usually the case. "I trust the people that bring me the candidates and I know that regardless of who I hire and what they've done previously, I'll train them in the ways of our company and I'll be the one who makes sure they get the tools to become great employees," says Nason, the director of sales for an office leasing agency in Dallas. "I just think that things move quickly for most companies. They want to hire someone fast, so if you're not in that first batch of candidates, there's a pretty good possibility you won't get the job.

Not so fast, says Richard Myra, a Chicago-based manufacturing consultant who says he's been the last person interviewed on a few occasions before getting a job offer. "I actually like the idea of being the closer," Myra says. "When I get an initial call from a recruiter, I ask them what their deadline is and then try to get my face-to-face interview as close to that deadline as I can."

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