Do Attractive People Do Better At Job Interviews,

than ugly people?

photographs Baidu, an intriguing question, one that was put to the test by Chengdu Ant Logistics, a company in Chengdu, China, it even went one step further and asked not only the applicants, but the job interviewers to wear masks as well, a video was shot by one of the interviewees, the short clip shows several masked people waiting to be interviewed by a recruiter, who was reportedly also masked. The company has since put out a statement on the matter, claiming that the video was shot at its recent biannual recruitment fair and that the masked were introduced to eliminate bias based on looks, unfortunately I have not been able to track down the video,

the Chinese logistics company said that the recruitment method was implemented to reduce the job candidates’ stress levels and also to emphasize the fact that it values people’s individual abilities over their appearance, I guess so many companies or organizations put race or color over experience, hopefully this will help stamp out that insidious practice,  “As a person with social phobia, I would really enjoy such a job interview,” one person wrote on Douyu, “This is equality, good looks should not count,” another person added, the applicants were given plain masks and asked if they wished to add any details to it, the story is here, I wonder if masked interviews will catch on with other employers, who are not concerned with race and colour of its workers to balance the books for the PC brigade?