# Run an interview debrief that ends in a clear hiring decision

A structured panel debrief plan that consolidates scorecards, reduces bias, and produces a documented hire or no-hire decision.

- Topic: Meetings
- Framework: RTF
- Level: Standard
- Tags: HR & Hiring, Summarize, Analyze, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/run-an-interview-debrief-that-ends-in-a-clear-hiring-decision

## Prompt

```text
Help me run an interview debrief for a candidate.

**Role and the competencies we assessed:** [LIST]
**Interviewers and what each covered:** [NAME/ROLE - competency]
**Scorecard ratings and notes:** [PASTE each interviewer's feedback]
**Other candidates in play:** [optional]
**Decision-maker:** [WHO]

Do the following:
1. Summarize the evidence by competency in a table: Competency | Interviewer | Rating | Key evidence | Concerns.
2. Point out where interviewers disagree, where feedback is vague ("great energy", "not a culture fit") and lacks evidence, and any competency nobody actually tested.
3. Draft a 30-minute debrief agenda: ratings submitted independently before discussion, the most junior voice speaks first, discuss evidence per competency, decision-maker decides.
4. Give me neutral facilitator lines to redirect bias in the room (e.g. similarity bias, halo effect, "culture fit" with no definition).
5. Write a short decision record: decision, reasons tied to competencies, risks, and next step (offer, another interview, or decline).

Don't make the decision for us; show what the evidence supports. Base everything only on the feedback I've pasted.
```

## What to fill in

- LIST
- NAME/ROLE - competency
- PASTE each interviewer's feedback
- optional
- WHO

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