Adjudication is a critical process in hiring that can be improved for fairness, efficiency, and compliance. To create a fair adjudication process, companies should review their policies, filter irrelevant information, check for disparate impact discrimination, educate their adjudicators, consider EEOC guidelines, give candidates a voice, and use technology to streamline the process. Adjudication best practices can boost the hiring process through efficiency, compliance, fairness, and budget savings, while tools like Checkr's Assess Standard product can help optimize manual adjudication with a consistent lens, reducing bias by up to 90%. By optimizing their adjudication process, companies can reduce delays, improve candidate experience, and minimize risk.