Everything on Process Failure

Unstructured final-stage interviews, such as team lunches, are prone to groupthink, where subjective opinions can override prior positive assessments and derail hiring decisions.

Impact: This leads to the loss of qualified candidates and wasted resources, as the process is restarted or abandoned due to lack of objective criteria.

— from Optimizing Hiring Funnels Against Groupthink Bias · All Things Product with Teresa and Petra· Feb 03, 2026