[R]aters answered a series of personality-related questions, such as "Is this person dependable?" and "How emotionally stable is this person?" Six months later, the researchers matched the ratings against employee evaluations from each of the students' supervisors. They found a strong correlation between job performance and the Facebook scores for traits such as conscientiousness, agreeability and intellectual curiosity.Evidently candidates have "a hard time 'faking' their personalities." So I wonder what my currently barren Facebook profile reveals about me?
I have no profile picture, my Facebook alias is only barely my real name, and I've wiped away all my hobbies, jobs, and favorite quotations.
Maybe I have become weirdly inconsistent about my privacy, or as our intern tells me, I get too easily flustered by personal information. "It's charming," she says. "Like Michael Cera."
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