To ask who was being unreasonable

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3 people (lets call them Abe, Bob and Carol) work for a largish charity in a fairly remote office. Abe is hiring a new member of staff in a specialist role and despite widely advertising the role there are only three candidates worth seeing and none of those look great. The day before the interview Bob (who is Abe's line manager and part of the interview panel) says that he used to manage someone who was good and that he is available. Abe feels bit uneasy as this person hasn't applied but his CV looks good. He e-mails Carol (who is part of the interview panel) to tell her there is one extra person. Carol point blank refuses to interview them as she feels it goes against equal ops. Who is being unreasonable?

Really Cloud ? I've been involved in corporate recruitment too. Carol would be right.

All ads that I would have dealt with would include line of 'late applications will not be considered' & it would be adhered to.

I guess it's different in different places so.

Agreed. Add a good candidate and get the best person for the job. Bob can't be involved in the process and the panel shouldn't discuss his mate with him any further.