Truth 51The last one you interview only seems like the winner
You’ve just interviewed 20 candidates for your open position. You feel like you have a good pool of highly qualified candidates. As you think back on all the candidates, you are especially drawn to the last candidate you interviewed. Very strong credentials. Great answers. Seemed enthusiastic. You believe you know who the winner is.
But not so fast!
The truth is, if you try to "wing it" in evaluating candidates, the tendency is to favor the last candidates interviewed. In psychology, this is called the recency effect, in which there is a cognitive bias toward the most recent stimuli or observations. If you interview 10 candidates, you are more likely to remember the strengths of the ...
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