Resources
Resources for hiring people-facing roles
How hiring methods compare, plain-English guides, our own research notes, and quick answers. Free to read, no sign-up.
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- Choosing a methodCompare hiring methods → What predicts job performance?
- Scoring with evidence and checking fairnessScoring behaviour with evidence → Fairness
- The rules for AI in hiringEU AI Act and hiring tools → How we support your duties
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Work simulation compared with other hiring methods
What each method asks the candidate to do, what it shows well, where it falls short, and what research says about each type of method: situational judgement tests, work samples, assessment centres, interviews and more.
Situational judgement test
Chooses an answer
Interview
Describes what they did before
Work sample
Does a piece of the real job
Work simulation (hire.center)
Acts while the situation answers back
Guides
Guides
Practical guides on assessing candidates and on the rules for AI in hiring. All guides
Scoring behaviour with evidence: anchors, rater training and the quote behind every score
Why a score needs a written anchor and evidence behind it, what rater research says about halo and training, and how to run this with or without AI.
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Assessing soft skills in a second language: what the research shows
The same person reads situations more slowly, shows less emotion and is rated lower in a second language. What it means and how to assess fairly.
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What predicts job performance? The research, in plain words
A century of selection research, re-analysed in 2022, ranks hiring methods by how well they predict performance. What the numbers mean and how to use them.
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How to assess customer service skills before the interview
Which customer service skills to test, which methods work, what research says about predicting performance, and a fair process a small team can run.
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The EU AI Act and AI hiring tools: what changes on 2 December 2027
AI that recruits or evaluates candidates is high-risk under the EU AI Act. What applies now, what starts on 2 December 2027, and what to ask vendors.
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Research notes
What we have tested, and what we have not yet
Dated, versioned notes on tests of our own assessment, each with what we do not claim. All research notes
Does the candidate's name change the score?
180 AI-played sessions in which only the candidate's name changed. What moved, what did not, and what the test cannot tell you about real candidates.
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Is every quote real? How we check the evidence behind a score
Every quote under a score is matched by code to the candidate's own words. What that guarantees, how we measured it, and where it stops.
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Quick answers
Questions and words
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