Your Job? Or Your Belly?

If you finally landed an interview and you have a great résumé; new research suggests that your size may play a bigger role than your résumé.  Students went through in-person interviews, the results were; students with body mass index of 25; the border of normal and overweight, were about 30 % less likely to get an invite to a second interview than their thinner co-applicants. It may be that some interviewers can be prejudice against big people. They might fear (even unconsciously) that their employees will be slow and lazy. This may not all be the interviewers fault; it is also possible that overweight candidates have a poor interview because of they might lack confidence or may be uncomfortable. Whether your overweight or not, if you spend a few minutes before the interview thinking about a time when you kicked some ass and you were in control;can boost your odds of landing the job by about 81%, say psychologists.