Topic
Assessment
Articles on Assessment from the CalHire team: verified skills, anonymous-first hiring, and documented hiring process.
Candidates are using AI in your assessments. Now what?
AI-text detectors are unreliable and disproportionately flag non-native speakers. What to do instead: assessment design, signals and human review.
July 30, 2026
Does your assessment predict anything? Validity for non-specialists
An assessment that feels rigorous can predict nothing. What validity and reliability mean, how to check yours, and the four ways hiring tests quietly break.
July 30, 2026
Fake candidates: proxy interviews, stolen identities and deepfakes
Remote hiring created a real identity-fraud problem: proxy interviewers, borrowed identities and deepfaked video. How the fraud works and where to verify.
July 30, 2026
How to prepare for an AI interview
AI interviews reward specificity, structure and reasoning you make visible. What they actually assess, how to prepare, and what your rights are.
July 30, 2026
Structured interviews: the highest-return change most teams never make
Same questions, same order, same rubric, scored independently. Structured interviews are unglamorous, uncomfortable to adopt, and the best value in hiring.
July 30, 2026
Why webcam proctoring is the wrong fix for assessment integrity
Webcam proctoring flags disabled candidates, people with darker skin and anyone without a private room. What it costs, and what to measure instead.
July 30, 2026
What counts as an automated employment decision tool?
The AEDT definition turns on whether a tool substantially assists or replaces discretionary decisions. Where the line falls, and the cases teams get wrong.
July 30, 2026