Besides cognitive ability test and interview that may result in adverse impact, cycle of discrimination also tend to occur during the hiring process for applicants from different countries. There is a tendency for companies to rely on previous successful experiences. That is to say, once a company hired an employee that fulfilled qualifications as well as provided excellent performance from a certain country, they tend to put more expectations on that area and likely to go back for more hires. This certain area is labeled as first hire country. Compared to applicants from other countries which companies did not have an acceptance experience before, applicants from the first hire country have about 3.1% more chances of being chosen by the hiring
