Review candidate judgments before confidence, first impressions or outcome stories become stronger than the evidence.
Open situation →Reasoning Practice · Advanced
The last star hire becomes the template
A previous hire performed very well. The team now treats every feature of that hiring decision as a proven success formula, although several factors were uncertain at the time.
Your decision
What should the team review before copying the old decision?
Show the best first move
A. The original evidence, alternatives and uncertainty recorded before the successful outcome was known.
Why this move helps
A good outcome does not show that every part of the original process was good. Reapplying criteria fixed before the new hiring decision helps separate useful process evidence from the success story.
Evidence still missing
- The original scorecard and candidate pool.
- What risks were accepted at the time.
- Which later conditions helped the employee succeed.
Evidence note
Outcome bias is a useful review lens here, but one successful case is also too small to establish a reliable hiring rule.
Next action
Reconstruct the old decision from records, then test each process element against criteria fixed for the new role.
Best first lens
Outcome Bias
Use the lens to ask a better question. It does not prove that a person or team has a cognitive bias.
Other defensible lenses
The situation may have more than one explanation.
No alternative lens is required for this exercise.
Continue the path
Situation → skill → technique → action.
You can separate a persuasive claim from the evidence that should change your mind.
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