{
  "registry_version": "2026.08.2",
  "data": {
    "title": "Hiring Manager Consensus Impasse",
    "status": "active",
    "evidence_ids": [
      "EVD-006"
    ],
    "content": "# Hiring Manager Consensus Impasse\n\nThe interview panel splits 50/50 without an executive tiebreaker, defaulting conservatively to a \"no-hire\" decision.\n\n### Structural Context\n- **Actor:** `hiring-manager`\n- **Nature:** `bias`\n- **Removability:** `none`\n\n### Causal Relations\n- Masks `M-002` — Stronger Competing Candidate in Final Cohort\n\n### Non-Inferences\n- Split panel reflects lack of calibrated internal standards rather than candidate failure.",
    "id": "M-022",
    "type": "mechanism",
    "summary": "The interview panel splits 50/50 without an executive tiebreaker, defaulting conservatively to a \"no-hire\" decision.",
    "operates_at": [
      "B-008"
    ],
    "emissions": [
      {
        "artifact": "A-014",
        "fidelity": "direct",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-006"
        ]
      },
      {
        "artifact": "A-002",
        "fidelity": "euphemism",
        "likelihood": "high",
        "evidence": [
          "EVD-001"
        ]
      }
    ],
    "facets": {
      "actor": "hiring-manager",
      "nature": "bias",
      "visibility": "opaque",
      "removability": "none"
    },
    "amplifies": [],
    "masks": [
      "M-002"
    ],
    "evidence_level": "supported",
    "honest_baseline": false,
    "non_inferences": [
      "Split panel reflects lack of calibrated internal standards rather than candidate failure."
    ]
  }
}