December 3, 2025
The Ethics of Interview Intelligence: Navigating the Grey Areas
Interview Intelligence and modern Interview software are reshaping how companies evaluate talent. They bring consistency, reduce bias, improve interviewer performance, and create a fairer experience for candidates. As these tools become essential in hiring, ethical implementation is critical for protecting trust and ensuring that technology elevates, rather than compromises, the.
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June 6, 2025
The Complete Interview Intelligence Platform Comparison Guide 2026
This comprehensive guide cuts through the noise to deliver the critical analysis you need. We go far beyond feature checklists and pricing comparisons to examine the fundamental questions that determine real-world success: How quantifiable and actionable are the insights each platform provides? What's the balance between AI automation and human expertise? Which solutions actually improve hiring outcomes versus those that simply digitize existing processes?
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March 8, 2026
This is both funny and sad at the same time
A hiring process that doesn't create a realistic job preview through: - Expectation management - Embedding real-life scenarios, simulations, and dilemmas in the interview process - Professional tasks that demonstrate significant components of the actual job - Answering candidates' questions transparently and giving them the opportunity to self-reject Is seriously.
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March 8, 2026
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝗔𝗜 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗟𝗼𝗼𝗸𝘀 𝗧𝗼𝗼 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗕𝗲 𝗧𝗿𝘂𝗲
Before we celebrate, let’s read carefully. A large field experiment compared AI voice interviews to human recruiters across 70,000 applicants for entry-level roles ( Jabarian, B., & Henkel, L. (working paper). Voice AI in Firms: A Natural Field Experiment on Automated Job Interviews. ) Headline results: +12% more job.
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January 28, 2026
𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀.
𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗷𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻𝗲𝘀. The 2025 Global Candidate Experience (CandE) Benchmark Report, based on feedback from 66,000+ candidates across dozens of countries, makes this distinction very clear. 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝘀 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘃𝗮𝗹𝘂𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲: • Job simulations • Role-specific case exercises • Skills-based, job-relevant.
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January 28, 2026
𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘁 𝗺𝗲𝗮𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗲
The 2025 Global Candidate Experience (CandE) Benchmark Report, based on feedback from 66,000+ candidates across dozens of countries, surfaces this clearly. 𝗖𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗱𝗼 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 “𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀.” 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀. The report shows that 𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗻𝗰𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝗲𝗿𝘀 is one of the strongest drivers of: • Perceived.
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January 28, 2026
𝟯 𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗳𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝘁𝘀 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗰𝗮𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗱𝗮t𝗲 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲
The 2025 Global Candidate Experience (CandE) Benchmark Report, based on feedback from 66,000+ candidates across dozens of countries, shows where it breaks down: • 56% of candidates receive no feedback at all after interviews • Only 6% receive assessment-related feedback meaning feedback tied to the actual skills and criteria they.
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January 28, 2026
McKinsey & Company just made two smart moves in how it hires
Thanks Hung Lee for highlighting this in the latest Recruiting Brainfood. First, it asked candidates to 𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄𝘀. Not hide it. Not avoid it. Use it. That’s exactly right. If AI is part of how the job gets done, assessing how candidates prompt, critique, and apply.
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January 28, 2026
The 𝟭𝟬 𝗳𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝘀𝘁-𝗴𝗿𝗼𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗷𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗨.𝗦. tell a much bigger story than “what roles are hot right now.”
According to LinkedIn’s 𝗝𝗼𝗯𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗶𝘀𝗲 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 report, the top roles are not defined by titles or years of experience. They are defined by 𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗱-𝘁𝗼-𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘀: 1. 𝗔𝗜 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗿 → Applied problem-solving with AI 2. 𝗔𝗜 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 & 𝗦𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁 → Translating AI into business decisions 3. 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗛𝗼𝗺𝗲.
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January 28, 2026
Thank you to Darren Bush for featuring our work in this sharp piece on hiring
Thank you to Darren Bush for featuring our work in this sharp piece on hiring, intuition, and structure, and to Hung Lee for including it in Recruiting Brainfood. The article explores a tension many teams feel every day. Hiring often feels like guessing. The real risk is not intuition itself,.
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January 28, 2026
What Hiring Can Learn from Soccer Part 1: Profiling Before Assessing
I know basically nothing about soccer. But recently I came across a fascinating video about how professional soccer teams recruit players using data and analytics. What surprised me was not the technology. It was how familiar the logic felt. The more I watched, the more I realized how much.
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December 20, 2025
𝗔𝗻 𝗮𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘁 𝗮 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻.
Last week we tuned in to a podcast hosted by a well-known talent acquisition thought leader. The conversation turned to skills assessments and at one point he said, repeatedly: "𝘐 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵." This is not the first time I’ve heard Talent Acquisition leaders or hiring managers say this..
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