WEEK 16 · PILLAR 2 · INCLUSIVE HIRING & BIAS MITIGATION
Confirmation Bias
WHAT IT IS
Confirmation bias is forming a view early and then spending the rest of the interview proving yourself right. You ask easier questions of the ‘yes’ candidate and harder ones of the ‘no’ — without noticing.
WHY IT MATTERS
Once a verdict forms, the remaining 40 minutes stop being an assessment. You collect quotes for a decision you already made.
Inside the full lesson
- • 3 practical rules to use in your next interview
- • Signal-vs-noise lab: 2 real interview moments, weak vs. strong interviewer
- • What goes wrong when teams skip it
- • 3 realistic scenarios to test your judgement, with XP and streaks