That insight comes from Wharton professor, author, and TED speaker Adam Grant. In a recent piece about the perils of authenticity, Grant describes a fascinating study in which researchers from several universities across the globe studied international teachers applying for jobs in the U.S. and lawyers applying for jobs with the U.S. military–deliberately choosing two very different sorts of jobs and candidates. They looked at the candidates’ agreement or disagreement with “self-verification” statements like this one: “It’s important for an employer to see me as I see myself, even if it means bringing people to recognize my limitations.” Then they compared those answers with the candidates’ likelihood of actually landing the job.
