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3 in-depth articles on candidate assessment. Frameworks, benchmarks and playbooks for modern talent teams.
Candidate Assessment
Cognitive ability tests predict job performance better than interviews alone — but only if you choose the right test types, sequence them correctly, and keep your process EEOC-compliant.
Jun 27, 2026 · 10 min
Candidate Assessment
A single interview, however well-structured, samples less of a candidate's actual behavior than a multi-exercise assessment center, which is why the format has a strong track record predicting performance in high-stakes leadership and graduate hiring. This guide covers when the investment is actually justified, how to choose exercises that map to real job requirements, why assessor training determines whether the whole process works, and how to score and integrate results without reintroducing the bias the format is meant to eliminate.
Aug 2, 2026 · 9 min
Candidate Assessment
Unstructured interviews, still the dominant hiring method at most companies, have one of the weakest predictive validity records of any commonly used assessment — roughly on par with years of job experience. This guide covers what the decades of meta-analytic research actually shows about which assessment methods predict job performance, why combining a small number of complementary methods beats any single 'best' method, and how to use this evidence to prioritize the highest-leverage changes to an existing hiring process.
Aug 7, 2026 · 9 min
