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by jjeaff 2498 days ago
Does that bias go away when meeting the candidate in person?

Perhaps we should do phone only interviews with voice changing tech.

3 comments

You can't avoid it forever, but it's more critical in the early stages where small signals have a big impact. If you've invested enough time in a candidate to do an interview, you're more (subconsciously) motivated to plow through (subconscious) biases.
Sometimes the biggest hurtle to getting a job is just getting to the interview.
Or via chat.