The confirmation bias will make me more likely to pose questions that assume the applicant is an introvert, and the person will come off looking like one.24 Worse yet, suppose I’m a physician, and a few symptoms lead me to suspect that a patient has a particular disease. Might not the confirmation bias lead me to order tests that might confirm my diagnosis, instead of other tests? The answer is yes,25 although more experienced doctors may be better at resisting this tendency.26
