单选题:Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage. Itoftenhappensthatan

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Questionsarebasedonthefollowingpassage.
Itoftenhappensthatanumberofapplicantswithalmostidenticalqualificationsandexperienceallapplyforthesameposition.Intheireducationalbackground,specialskillsandworkexperience,thereislittle,ifanything,tochoosebetweenhalfadozencandidates.Howthendoestheemployermakeachoice?Usuallyonthebasisofaninterview.
Therearemanyargumentsforandagainsttheinterviewasaselectionprocedure.Themainargumentagainstitisthatitresultsinawhollysubjective(主观的)decision.Asoftenasnot,employersdonotchoosethebestcandidate,theychoosethecandidatewhomakesagoodfirstimpressiononthem.
Themainargumentinfavoroftheinterview--anditis,perhaps,agoodargument--isthatanemployerisconcernednotonlywithacandidate'sability,butwiththesuitabilityofhisorherpersonalityfortheparticularworksituation.
Manyemployers,forexample,willoverlookoccasionalsmallmistakesfromtheirsecretaryprovidedshehasapleasantpersonality.
Itisperhapstruetosay,therefore,thattherealpurposeofaninterviewisnottoassesstheassessableaspectsofeachcandidatebuttomakeaguessatthemoreintangible(难以捉摸的;无形的)things,suchaspersonality,characterandsocialability.Unfortunately,bothfortheemployersandapplicantsforjobs,therearemanypeopleofgreatabilitywhosimplydonotinterviewwell.Therearealso,ofcourse,peoplewhointerviewextremelywell,butarelaterfoundtobeveryunsatisfactoryemployees.
Candidateswhointerviewwelltendtobequiteconfident,butneverboastful;directandhonestintheirquestionsandanswers;cheerfulandfriendly,butneverover-familiar;andsincerelyenthusiasticandoptimistic.Candidateswhointerviewbadlytendtobeateitherendoftherangeofhumanbehavior.Theyareeitherveryshyorover-confident.Theyshoweitheralackofenthusiasmoranexcessofit.Theyeithertalktoolittleorneverstoptalking.Theyareeitherover-politeorrudelyabrupt.
Whatkindofcandidatesdoemployersoftenchoose? A.Thosewhoreceivedbettereducation.
B.Thosewhomadeagoodfirstimpression.
C.Thosewithseriouspersonality.
D.Thosewithgoodappearances.

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