It may seem like a simple thing, but honest candidate assessments from every interviewer are essential for great hiring. So hiring managers must realize that during the discussion period after the candidate departs, they (prematurely) reveal their assessment of the candidate.

The manager is essentially “freezing” any contradictory assessments that would normally come from the remaining interviewers. Rather than receiving a wide range of honest and often contradictory (a good thing) candidate assessments. Instead, in