Re:Ask HN: What are some ways to avoid biases in the intervi...
by OrwellianChild on Thursday December 18, 2014 @08:22PM
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He means multiple interviewers in the room at a time. Adds to stress without adding additional information that couldn't be collected piecemeal with multiple 1:1 interviews.
A single interviewer will almost always hire someone who is exactly like him or herself. That's pretty much the opposite of what you want to do if you want to increase diversity.
You're absolutely right that you shouldn't have a big panel, but two interviews with two people each shouldn't be overwhelming while still getting diversity in your hiring. If one person says "terrible x" and another person says "good x", then there's room for discussion about what particular things were good or bad, and on balance, whether the benefit of having that person is worth the risk.