A survey of 160+ DACH hiring leaders found the average bad hire costs €28,706. Here’s why it happens, and the interview habit that actually prevents it.
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Cost of hiring Kat Stam2 min readStructured interviews A logic question for data engineering interviews that works in the HR screen or the technical assessment. Suited for mid/senior candidates, with a scorecard so you don’t need SQL to grade the answer.
Kat Stam3 min readAI and hiring The EU's Digital Omnibus pushed the AI Act's hiring compliance deadline back sixteen months. The one-sentence candidate disclosure requirement kept its original date, and almost…
Kat Stam3 min readCandidate experience Structure and warmth aren't opposites. Why the best technical interviews feel like a conversation, and three small shifts that get you there without giving up your…
Kat Stam2 min readAI and hiring A randomised field experiment with over 3,000 real applicants found that swapping a live interview for a one-way recorded one cut the applicant pool by 53%, and it wasn't the…
Kat Stam4 min readStructured interviews Gut feeling has a place in hiring, but only as one final score, not the whole evaluation. What Daniel Kahneman got right about intuition, and what actually predicts job…
Kat Stam3 min readCandidate experience A nervous, under-prepared candidate doesn't perform like they would on the job. Here's what to send candidates before a technical interview, so nerves stop getting in the way of a fair…
Kat Stam2 min readStructured interviews A 2022 re-analysis of the classic hiring-validity research puts structured interviews ahead of cognitive ability tests. Here's what changed, and what to do about…
Kat Stam4 min readInterviewer skills Hiring exceptional software engineers requires more than technical expertise—it requires a structured, evidence-based interview process. In this guide, we explore why great enginee…
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