It's okay only if you carefully explain to the candidate, before the interview, that you may be using his/her ideas (even if you do not hire him/her).
If you do so without consent, you make your company look like dirtbags:
"No, they didn't hire me, they just wasted four hours of my time, and stole all my product ideas. Why pay a consultant when you can interview a sucker..."
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It's okay only if you carefully explain to the candidate, before the interview, that you may be using his/her ideas (even if you do not hire him/her).
If you do so without consent, you make your company look like dirtbags:
"No, they didn't hire me, they just wasted four hours of my time, and stole all my product ideas. Why pay a consultant when you can interview a sucker..."