Workshop: Designing a Fair and Structured Interview Process
November 13, 2025 | 10:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. PT
Turn good intentions into great hiring outcomes.
Join Dave Collins, Founder & CEO of Oak and Reeds and recent speaker at SHRM 2025 and SHRM NorCal 2025, for an interactive, hands-on workshop that helps HR and talent leaders strengthen their interviewing practices and reduce bias where it starts — in the process itself.
In this session, participants will:
- Work on a real, active job description from their organization to build a structured interview plan they can use right away.
- Create evidence-based rubrics and interview questions that align with the role’s core competencies.
- Learn practical strategies to minimize unconscious bias before, during, and after the interview — ensuring every candidate gets a fair shot.
- Explore how AI and modern hiring tools can both help and unintentionally reinforce bias, and what HR leaders can do about it.
Participants will leave with a complete, customizable interview framework and a clearer roadmap to make their organization’s hiring process more equitable, consistent, and confident.
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@davecollinsspeaker
Website: https://www.oakandreeds.com/
Location
1820 Gateway Drive, Suite 170
San Mateo, CA 94404
Program cost starting at:
Member: $40
Non-Member: $80
Program Speaker
Dave Collins
Founder and CEO, Oak and Reeds
Dave Collins is an award-winning improviser, coach, and corporate strategist with over a decade of experience performing and coaching improv. Along with his teammates, Dave won the National Collegiate Improv Tournament, headlined shows across the country, and individually has coached hundreds of students and professionals. Dave applied his analytical and facilitation talents in his work as a workplace strategist and change management expert at AECOM Strategy Plus. As a workplace strategist, Dave worked with clients to examine the relationship between workspace and productivity, enabling people to break old habits and embrace change. Today, Dave works with his clients to find innovative ways to develop practical business skills through the use of improv training. Like Aesop's fable about the Oak and the Reeds, he believes that modern organizational cultures must incorporate basic improv tools and techniques in order to be flexible enough to survive and thrive through any storm.