Managers often base their hiring decisions on gut feelings. these feelings are typically formed within two minutes of meeting a job applicant and have little to do with the applicant's ability to do the job. these hiring managers are using theadministrative model of decision making
The administrative model of decision making expect that decision makers' objectivity is limited and that they're willing to consider just a predetermined number of criteria and options before deciding. As a result, they settle with the first 'adequate' arrangement that they find.