We investigated whether anxiety about self-presentation concerns during interviews (i.e., interview anxiety) is associated with applicants’ use of deceptive impression management (IM) tactics. We examined the relationship between interview anxiety and deceptive IM, and we examined whether the personality traits of honesty-humility and extraversion would be indirectly related to deceptive IM through interview anxiety. Participants (N = 202) were recruited after an interview for a research assistant position. Interview anxiety scores were positively related to deceptive IM. Furthermore, there was evidence of a negative indirect effect of honesty-humility on deceptive IM, via overall interview anxiety. Also, extraversion was indirectly associated with deceptive IM through interview anxiety. Results suggest that deceptive IM can be used as a protective mechanism to maintain self-esteem or to avoid the loss of rewards. This paper is the first to examine the role of interview anxiety in interview faking.

我们调查了面试期间对自我表现的焦虑（即面试焦虑）是否与申请人使用欺骗性印象管理（IM）策略有关。我们研究了面试焦虑与欺骗性 IM 之间的关系，并研究了诚实-谦逊和外向的人格特质是否会通过面试焦虑与欺骗性 IM 间接相关。参与者（N = 202）在面试研究助理职位后被招募。面试焦虑分数与欺骗性 IM 呈正相关。此外，有证据表明诚实谦逊对欺骗性 IM 的负面间接影响，通过整体面试焦虑。此外，外向性通过面试焦虑与欺骗性 IM 间接相关。结果表明，欺骗性的 IM 可以作为一种保护机制来维持自尊或避免失去奖励。本文首次研究了面试焦虑在面试假中的作用。