mgrebler

"You enter legal hot water" in the USA. Not in Australia where this was written.

It isn't explained in that section of the article, but after I ask the original question, I will probe again multiple times to try to uncover the depth of a candidate's knowledge. It can be difficult with some questions because you don't want to feed the candidate the answer. The other thing is that if I were to give them feedback on the middle of the interview it could throw out there confidence for the rest of the interview (eg if say that there answer lacked depth, but they thought they did well. Or that it lacked depth because they actually didn't know any more about the topic)

Author here. That's a fair point. Interviews will never be fully two-way. The intent of the point is to allow them to correct misunderstanding I as the interviewer may have (making it slightly better than me going away with an incorrect interpretation). Interestingly quite often candidates will give me feedback on the interview process as well.

But you are right. Interviews will never be fully equal.

It's interesting the legal differences between Australia and where you are from (I presume USA). In Australia, there is very little risk of lawsuits. When terminating someone, you have to have give a reason for termination (and usually warnings before hand which have to have reasons as well).

OP here. It's fascinating reading people's interpretation of both the intent of the article and also me. I'm happy to answer any questions if people want.