I am new recruiter.Recently,I was in panel to interview some candidates for a position.One of the panelist(interviewers) was a management consultant to our client and advised that the interview session be recorded on tape.I suggested that it will not be ethical to do so.But he quickly added that we could legitematly request the consent of the interviewee(candidate) if could he/she be put on tape.I quickly added that it may work against our main objective of getting accurate and correct assesment of the candidate as he may become self concious and not be forthcoming.Besides there are issues of confidentiality etc.I for one will not feel confortable being put on recorded tape!The consultant insisted that he had participated in over 100 interviews and there was nothing unusual about that and besides he needed to have the interview process taped to enable him play back the discusion to assist him in reviewing the candidates and to better improve the interview process.At the end the client(CEO) overuled that the interview should be taped.My question ;Is it proper to tape interviews?Even with the consent of the candidate?