Tom Seigmund, a supervisor of engineering at Thomas & Shaffer, Inc., is proud that his engineering staff wins the company basketball tournament each year. A key contributor to their success on the court is that most of the engineers, like Tom, are over 6' 5" and played college basketball. This extracurricular anecdote may indicate that engineering hiring decisions are impacted by ________.
A) leniency bias
B) contrast effect
C) similar-to-me bias
D) halo effect

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The extracurricular anecdote suggests that the engineering hiring decisions are impacted by similar-to-me bias, as the engineers who are hired are similar to Tom (supervisor of engineering) in terms of their height and basketball experience.

Tom Seigmund, a Supervisor of Engineering at Thomas & Shaffer