Adam is a 25-year old Millennial who is considered a super-star manager at a technology company. He has been asked to hire a team of IT specialists to launch a new product. While reviewing the stack of applications, he noted only one candidate, Jason, who has work experience of over 20 years. Adam realizes that this candidate is probably his dad's age and he considers his dad outdated, with poor IT skills, and slow to learn new skills. All the other candidates cite 1 to 3 years of work experience after college. Adam decides not to interview Jason. What is the likely basis for Adam's decision?

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Camryn Doyle

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16 September, 08:06

Adam is a 25-year old Millennial who is considered a super-star manager at a technology company. He has been asked to hire a team of IT specialists to launch a new product. While reviewing the stack of applications, he noted only one candidate, Jason, who has work experience of over 20 years. Adam realizes that this candidate is probably his dad's age and he considers his dad outdated, with poor IT skills, and slow to learn new skills. All the other candidates cite 1 to 3 years of work experience after college. Adam decides not to interview Jason. What is the likely basis for Adam's decision?

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Enrique Anthony · Answer 1

Stereotyping

Explanation:

Since Adam is considered a super-star manager he might suffer from over confidence and he might not actually contemplate others into what he is doing or ask for second opinions, since he is stereotyping Jason inot the category of old and not easy adaptable because that is how his dad is and he thinks that all older people are like that, that is a huge mistake on behalf of Adam, who should know that talent and abilities come in very different packages.