The role of fear of negative evaluation in interview anxiety and social‐evaluative workplace anxiety

Abstract We investigated the consequences of interview and social‐evaluative workplace anxiety on job performance, whether these two anxieties share a common antecedent–fear negative evaluation. Job applicants ( n = 128) completed survey following their halfway through work term; supervisory performance ratings were collected at end term. Fear evaluation was positively correlated with both anxiety. The correlation between near zero, as performance; relations not moderated by nature job. This study suggests that anxious interviewees employees perform well less counterparts, even in jobs.