Employers have unconscious biases that can influence hiring decisions based solely on a candidate's appearance within a blink of an eye. To lessen this bias, one idea is to conduct "blind interviews" where employers and candidates are in a dark room unable to see each other. This prevents first impressions from visual cues that could activate unconscious stereotypes. While bias may not be totally removed, blind interviews could help employers become more aware of their own biases and take steps to address them in the hiring process.

1. The fact:
Some reports prove that it takes us a
blink of an eye to prejudice someone
when we first see them and before
we get to know them.
Unconscious bias penetrate various
realms of our society. Even hiring
decisions, of course.
We've got an idea to lessen
employers’ bias towards candidates…
THE BLIND
INTERVIEW
Instead of a normal interview, let’s
make it a blind one. Employers and
candidates are walked into a dark room
where they can't see each other’s face.
The interview happens in darkness to
insure the employers can't
unconsciously stereotype the
candidates by their first look.
Though this can't totally remove the
bias, we do believe it can make
employers and hiring managers come
to terms with their own bias in the
workplace and start to take action.