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Interview Bias Audit Checklist

12 questions to assess if your hiring process is fair, consistent, and legally defensible.

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Why Bias Audits Matter

The business, legal, and human case for fair hiring

The Business Case

  • Biased hiring misses qualified candidates
  • Homogeneous teams underperform diverse ones
  • Inconsistent processes create legal exposure
  • Reputation damage from bias accusations

The Legal Case

  • Disparate impact liability
  • Pattern-or-practice claims
  • Individual discrimination suits
  • Regulatory scrutiny

The Human Case

  • Every candidate deserves fair evaluation
  • Bias hurts people’s careers and lives
  • Your team members notice who gets hired

How to Use This Checklist

For each of the 12 items below, assess your current state (Yes, Partial, or No). Expand any item to see why it matters, what evidence of compliance looks like, and the risk if it’s missing. After completing all 12, enter your email to unlock your personalized score, priority matrix, and action plan template.

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A

Process Structure

1

Standardized Questions

HIGH risk

Do all candidates for the same role receive the same core interview questions?

2

Scoring Rubrics

HIGH risk

Do interviewers have defined criteria and rating scales for evaluating answers?

3

Interviewer Training

MEDIUM risk

Have all interviewers completed training on structured interviewing and bias awareness?

4

Blind Resume Review

MEDIUM risk

Are identifying details (name, photo, address, graduation year) hidden during initial resume screening?

B

Decision-Making

5

Independent Feedback

HIGH risk

Do interviewers submit feedback before seeing other interviewers’ assessments?

6

Structured Debriefs

MEDIUM risk

Do hiring debriefs follow a structured format that examines evidence by competency?

7

Diverse Interview Panels

MEDIUM risk

Do interview panels include diversity across multiple dimensions?

8

Documented Rationale

HIGH risk

Is the specific reason for every hire/no-hire decision documented in writing?

C

Monitoring & Accountability

9

Pass-Through Rate Analysis

HIGH risk

Do you track and analyze pass-through rates by demographic group at each stage?

10

Interviewer Calibration

MEDIUM risk

Do you measure and address variance between interviewers evaluating the same candidates?

11

Offer Equity Review

HIGH risk

Are compensation offers reviewed for internal equity and demographic parity?

12

Third-Party Audit

LOW-MEDIUM risk

Has your hiring process been reviewed by an external party in the last 2 years?

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Action plan template for each gap
High-risk item alert summary
How LayersRank solves 5 of 12 items
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About LayersRank

This checklist identifies where bias enters.
LayersRank eliminates it by design.

Same questions for every candidate

Item 1, solved

AI scoring with defined rubrics

Item 2, solved

No human sees demographics

Item 4, solved

Independent, consistent evaluation

Items 5 & 10, solved

Full documentation of rationale

Item 8, solved

The result: Defensible, consistent, fair evaluation — at scale.

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