Nearly half of workers (46%) admit to adapting their personality in job interviews, new research has shown.

Of this 46%, a third claim to have presented a very different personality from their true one.

Business psychology company OPP conducted the research, involving 1,000 employees.

Further results show that more than a fifth are stressed with continuing the pretence in the workplace. And interviewers are also guilty, with 47% of employees saying that the persona their boss adopted at the interview was also a front.

Its self-defeating for employers, says Robert McHenry, CEO of OPP. Businesses thrive on a mix of personality types, not an army of clones. If individuals are trying to fit in by deliberately disguising who they are and how they behave, the consequences for them are typically stress and productivity issues. This homogenisation also stifles innovation and challenge at the organisation.

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