The Truth About AI Based Talent Assessment

About this episode

In this episode, Charles Handler and Nathan Mondragon discuss the impact of AI on talent assessment and the enduring principles of good measurement.

“The rules haven’t changed. The technology has — but the rules haven’t.” — Nathan Mondragon Episode Overview In this episode, I’m joined by my old friend (and now co-worker!) Nathan Mondragon , an IO psychologist and long-time leader in creating the future at the intersection of assessment science, hiring technology, and applied AI. Nathan and I have lived through multiple waves of “this will change everything” technology — from early online testing to video interviewing, machine learning, and now generative AI. And the beat goes on! Nathan and I have recently joined forces at ProboTalent where we are creating defensible AI based assessment tools. We talk about where AI has genuinely moved the field forward, where it hasn’t, and why so many of the debates we’re having today are versions of conversations we’ve been having for decades. Along the way, we unpack Nathan’s paradigm busting work at HireVue’, and why the fundamentals of good measurement haven’t changed — even as the tools have. Topics Discussed & Key Insights 1. The Rules of Good Assessment Haven’t Changed — We Just Keep Forgetting Them Nathan makes a point that anchors the entire episode: while technology has advanced…

People in this episode

Host: Charles Handler

Guest: Nathan Mondragon

Topics covered

• AI in talent assessment
• hiring technology
• assessment science
• validity and fairness
• generative AI

Keywords

• AI
• talent assessment
• hiring technology
• validity
• fairness
• machine learning
• generative AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: ProboTalent, HireVue

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