Everyone is biased.
Your bias doesn't help you make good decisions and evaluate a person.
You can reduce bias by:
Just keep in mind that you and your colleagues - for example - have the tendency to like people who are like you (same former employer, education, village or even hobby: similarity bias).
It's also pretty clear people tend to like pretty people more (beauty bias).
Just keep stuff like that in the back of your mind and check yourself and your colleagues.
Structure and recurring processes reduce bias.
For example: if you are in awe of someone, you might want to skip that extra step or test because you assume he/she will nail it (halo effect).
Or you could be harsher in your questioning or reviewing because you already think someone is not a good match (conformation bias).
Do the same thing for everyone and you get the best comparison.
Quantify your feeling about a candidate by giving ratings and build a good argumentation around it.
Question each other on the ratings.
Bring in enough people - with different views and opinions - to make sure you reduce bias to the max.
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