But the candidate usually never knows what position they are in line. Sure the person on the other side of the table could divulge, but the candidate shouldn't

But the candidate usually never knows what position they are in line. Sure the person on the other side of the table could divulge, but the candidate shouldn't really trust that information. A person that is aware enough to know they are not calibrated should also not make the mistake of attributing higher/lower odds to something that is mutually exclusive, assuming that the interviews are not systematically set up in a way to put worse qualified candidates first.