How do I avoid the “Halo Effect” during testing?

1. What is a common way to avoid the halo effect?
2. How can we prevent halo effect in research?
3. How do you avoid the halo effect interview?

What is a common way to avoid the halo effect?

To minimize the influence of the bias, one can look to various cognitive debiasing techniques such as slowing down one's reasoning process. For example, if you are aware of the halo effect, you can mitigate the effect of the bias by trying to create two possible impressions of people when you first meet them.

How can we prevent halo effect in research?

The solution to avoid the halo effect is simply to use multiple raters. If multiple raters, either on a single task or across many tasks, agree (assuming the raters and ratings remain independent), this indicates a consistency not influenced by a halo effect.

How do you avoid the halo effect interview?

Having two to three interviews with different people in the hiring panel will greatly reduce falling to the Halo Effect. By involving multiple individuals in the hiring panel, it provides the candidate with a more fair and accurate assessment, and offers the company a better assessment of the candidates.