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March 22, 2025
๐—›๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€: 70% ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฆ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ
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Our memory tricks us.

Every. Single. Time.

Hereโ€™s why delaying scorecards sabotages your hiring:

๐— ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜

- Within 1 hour: 50% of details are gone

- Within 24 hours: 70% forgotten

- After 1 week: Only vague impressions remain

Blame the "forgetting curve"โ€”discovered by Hermann Ebbinghaus. It applies to everyone.

๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐˜€

- Peak moments overshadow subtle cues

- Extremes stick; everything else blurs

- Time twists your balanced judgment

Daniel Kahneman proved it: We remember peaks and final momentsโ€”nothing in between.

Your memory creates fiction

๐—ข๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€; ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ

- Each recall risks adding things that never happened

- 25% of us create false memories within 24 hours

Psychologist Elizabeth Loftus showed how quickly facts turn into fictionโ€”even when weโ€™re sure weโ€™re right.

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป?

1. Block 10 minutes right after every interview

2. Complete the scorecard IMMEDIATELY

3. Stop saying, โ€œIโ€™ll do it laterโ€, Capture insights in real-time.

Quick question:

How fast do you forget what happened in an interview?

Share this with your hiring team if you want better-quality hires.

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