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What are the most commonly biases you will see pop up during interviews?

- cultural fit
- similar education/study associations
- nationality
- age

What are the 5 biases you see in recruitment?

- confirmation bias (tendency to gather info that confirms preexisting expectations)
- affect heuristics (occurs when emotions and mood heavily influence mental shortcuts)
- expectation anchor (when we allow ourselves to anchor onto one certain piece of information about a candidate and use it to help is make decisions)
- affinity bias (when we feel a natural affinity towards a candidate due to something we have in common)
- stereotyping bias (an overgeneralized belief about a particular group of people)

What are some hiring challenges with resumes?

- 100+ cv screenings a day
- look for shortcuts
- 30 seconds max to read cv
- need a strong cv

what should you do (example)?
- look for companies
- look for keywords in role
- job hopping
- personal information check
- knowledge check

What is the influences of biases on the recruitment proces?

- Slow hiring (taking too long to find the right talent or hiring the wrong talent leading to the need to re-hire)
- Lower quality candidates (passing through unqualified candidates + unstructured hiring)
- Failing good candidates (rejecting knowledgeable candidates due to non-work reason)
- Low motivation (slow hiring will lead to less motivation in the team)

What can recruiters do to minimize biases?

Make use of;
- structured interviews (focus points + standardized questions + share feedback asap)
- interview training (recognize bias + interviewers influence on interviewee)
- different types of interviews (include different assessments + asses hard skills)
- prioritizing recruitment

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