November 23, 2025
How Interview Intelligence Reduces Unconscious Bias and Bad Hires
Most hiring teams believe they are evaluating candidates objectively. Yet SHRM reports that 75% of employers hired the wrong person in 2024. The U.S. Department of Labor estimates that a single bad hire costs at least 30% of first year earnings. For a $100,000 role, that means $30,000. When you.
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November 18, 2025
BrightHire vs Informed Decisions: Interview Intelligence Comparison
Modern hiring teams rely on interview intelligence platforms and interview software to bring structure, clarity, and fairness into their decision making. Two well-known solutions in the category are BrightHire and Informed Decisions. Both support interviewers throughout the hiring process, but the way they help teams improve interview quality is different..
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November 17, 2025
Interview Intelligence Glossary: 30 Essential Terms Defined
Whether you're evaluating interview software or implementing interview intelligence in your organization, this focused glossary covers the key terminology you need to understand modern data-driven hiring. 1. Interview Intelligence A data-driven approach to hiring that uses technology to systematically capture, analyze, and derive insights from interview conversations. Interview intelligence.
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November 17, 2025
𝗧𝗔 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗛𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗠𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗿𝘀: 𝗣𝗶𝘁𝗳𝗮𝗹𝗹 #𝟮 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗤𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
"Leading the Witness" kills good insight Here’s the trap: AI-generated interview questions often lead the witness, baking the “right” answer into the question itself. -> 𝗘𝘅𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗮 𝘁𝗼𝗽 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗱𝗼𝗿 To test attention to detail, they recommend: “𝘏𝘰𝘸 𝘥𝘰 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬?” Looks fine,.
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November 16, 2025
𝗔𝗜-𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗺𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘁𝗮𝗷𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴
Many Interview Intelligence platforms now brag about their “AI-powered, skills-based questions.” But here’s the uncomfortable truth: Most of those questions aren’t skills-based at all. Why? Because AI models are trained on what’s most common, not what’s most effective. And in interviews, “common” often means predictable, vague, and easy to.
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September 30, 2025
Recruiters: Stop Using Emotion AI For Hiring!
From facial expressions to heart rates, From voice tones to skin moisture, From gestures to micro-expressions... AI claims to read it all. But here's what's really happening: The market started at $34B in 2022 It's climbing to $62B by 2027 But the science is falling apart And worker trust is.
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September 15, 2025
Hiring Dilemma: When You're on the Fence About a Candidate
We asked, and YOU answered! Our recent survey on handling uncertainty at the end of the interview process revealed that most of you would do a reference check. Now here's the Informed Decisions hot take: Sometimes, even after a full interview process, you're still not 100% sure. What then? If reference.
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September 1, 2025
Confession: I love interview gossip.
🙊 Why did they really leave their last company? 🙊 What’s the story behind that career break? 🙊 Why did they relocate? 🙊 What’s their partner doing? If a candidate hints at a personal story, I want to know more. I’m dying to ask. But I never do. 𝗕𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝗶𝘁’𝘀.
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September 1, 2025
𝗦𝗵𝗼𝗰𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴: 𝗘𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗽𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘀 𝟱𝟰% 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗲
McKinsey’s HR Monitor, published July 2025, reports only 46% hiring success. In other words, you’d be better off flipping a coin. Why? Because humans make the call (as they should) But unstructured processes amplify subjectivity + bias: “gut feel,” intuition, and similarity disguised as culture fit. The bill shows up.
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September 1, 2025
𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗔𝗜 𝗸𝗲𝗲𝗽𝘀 𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘀𝗮𝗺𝗲 𝗼𝗹𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘄 𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀
Because that’s what it’s being fed—thousands of interview guides, blog posts, templates. And what shows up over and over? 👉 “𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯...” Here’s one example we found on the homepage of a vendor that prides itself on AI-generated interview guides: > “𝘛𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘮𝘦 𝘢𝘣𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.
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