[wppick]

I can't find the original article that discussed the confirmation bias effect, but this one is close: https://www.plum.io/blog/the-issue-with-the-interview-confir...

[foobarian]

Gotcha. I think I was mostly objecting to the first several words of your comment saying an interview is decided in the first several seconds :-)

I'm familiar with that feeling though. I've had several interviews where I really (subjectively) liked the candidate, and really wanted them to succeed - but having a prepared interview plan ended up doing its job and helped determine that the candidate was not a good match for the role.

[smus]

Does this apply for technical interviews though?