Imagine that you are in charge of a company and are hiring for a new position.
Here are the candidates.
Without thinking about it too much, which one would you choose?
￼My guess is that you went for one of those in the middle and avoided the people on the
ends.
Why?
Because research shows that we tend to unconsciously think that the individuals in the middle of
a group tend to be more important.
Some of the work has examined the TV quiz show, The Weakest Link, in which contestants
stand in a semi-circle and vote one another off.
￼Those standing towards the middle of the semi-circle won the game on average 45% of
the time, whilst those standing the one of the ends won just 10% of the time.
￼So if you want to make a good impression during a meeting, make sure you sit towards
the middle of the group.