[kabdib]

Place some trust in your reports; they're going to be working with the candidates if they are hired, they might as well interview them, too. And they could probably use the practice.

In fact, the worst hires I've had to work with were hired by my manager without involving the team at all.

[brazzledazzle]

I think it’s also worth mentioning that if you’re going to involve the team make sure you’re prepared to actually objectively assess and act on their feedback. Not necessarily saying everyone should have veto powers but we can tell when you’re blindly excited for a candidate and are disregarding anything negative that contradicts that. Don’t waste your people’s time if you’re going to ignore what they say and do whatever you wanted to do anyway.